Monoclinic phases and stress-relief conditions in (1 − x)Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)TiO3–xPbTiO3 solid solutions |
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Authors: | VYu Topolov |
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Affiliation: | aDepartment of Physics, Southern Federal University, 5 Zorge Street, 344090 Rostov-on-Don, Russia |
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Abstract: | A comparative study on heterophase states in perovskite-type solid solutions of (1 − x)Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)TiO3–xPbTiO3 is carried out for compositions near the morphotropic phase boundary. The conditions for mechanical stress relief at elastic matching of phases are analysed at x = const in a wide temperature range. The heterophase states concerned with the presence of the intermediate monoclinic phase are interpreted using the domain state–interface diagrams calculated for x = 0.28, 0.32 and 0.34. It is shown that optimum volume fraction parameters of the domains in the monoclinic phase of the B type are varied in relatively wide ranges and promote complete stress relief with cubic–monoclinic phase coexistence. Two scenarios of stress relief at x = 0.32 are considered in connection with different heterophase states (either tetragonal–monoclinic of the B type or tetragonal–monoclinic of the C type) in a wide temperature range. Possibilities of elastic matching of two polydomain phases (tetragonal–monoclinic of the B type) with almost equal relative widths of the domains in these phases are shown for x = 0.34. The active role of domains of the monoclinic phases in stress relief and forming the planar unstrained interfaces is discussed. |
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Keywords: | Ferroelectrics Crystal structure and symmetry Elasticity |
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