Abstract
BaTiO3 crystals were studied by means of the acoustic emission during thermal cycling through 300-700 K range. In addition to pronounced acoustic emission at the ferroelectric phase transition temperature T c ≈400 K, also nucleation of nanoclusters was detected at somewhat smeared Burns temperature Td ≈530-570 K and their local freezing at T* ≈506 K. Bias electric field shifts the T and Tc linearly up, T more steeply than Tc. Except for its much faster cluster dynamics than that of classical relaxor materials, BaTiO3 shows many relaxor-like features in its paraelectric phase.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 032903 |
| Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
| Volume | 97 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 19 Jul 2010 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The work was supported by the Czech Science Foundation. (Project No. P204/10/0616) , MPO (Project No.FR-TI2/165) and Czech Academy of Sciences (Project No. AVOZ 10100520).
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