Elastic response of (1 - X)Ba(Ti0.8Zr0.2)O3 - X(Ba0.7Ca0.3)TiO3 (x = 0.45-0.55) and the role of the intermediate orthorhombic phase in enhancing the piezoelectric coupling

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 105, Issue 23, 2014, Pages

  Cordero, F ^a   Craciun, F ^a   Dinescu, M ^b   Scarisoreanu, N ^b   Galassi, C ^c   Schranz, W ^d   Soprunyuk, V ^d  

^a ISC CNR   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LASER   (Romania)

^c INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR CERAMICS   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DOMAIN WALLS; ELECTROOPTICAL EFFECTS; TEMPERATURE; ZIRCONIUM;

DOMAIN WALL MOTION; LOW TEMPERATURES; MORPHOTROPIC PHASE BOUNDARIES; ORTHORHOMBIC PHASE; PIEZOELECTRIC COUPLINGS; RELATIVE AMPLITUDE; RHOMBOHEDRAL PHASE; TRANSVERSE INSTABILITY;

PIEZOELECTRICITY;

EID: 84916899624     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4903807     Document Type: Article

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