A distributed step-like switching model of the continuous field-driven phase transformations observed in PMN-xPT relaxor ferroelectric single crystals

Acta Materialia

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2744-2749

  Webber, Kyle G ^a   Robinson, Harold C ^b   Rossetti Jr , George A ^c   Lynch, Christopher S ^d  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^d University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Dielectrics; Electroceramics; Ferroelectricity; Perovskites; Piezoelectricity

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FERROELECTRICITY; PEROVSKITE; PIEZOELECTRICITY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; STRESS ANALYSIS; VOLUME FRACTION;

RELAXOR FERROELECTRICS; SPATIAL PROPERTY FLUCTUATIONS; STEP-LIKE SWITCHING MODEL;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 44649110759     PISSN: 13596454     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actamat.2008.02.006     Document Type: Article

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