Tunability of the dielectric constant of Ba0.1Sr0.9TiO3 ceramics in the paraelectric state
- 1 June 1995
- journal article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Journal of Materials Research
- Vol. 10 (6), 1411-1417
- https://doi.org/10.1557/jmr.1995.1411
Abstract
Ba1−xSrxTiO3 (x = 0.9) ferroelectric ceramics were prepared successfully using a new wet technique and their structure and dielectric properties compared with those synthesized by the solid-state reaction method. The voltage dependence of the dielectric constant in the paraelectric phase was examined. It was found that the dielectric constants of these materials, prepared by both methods, exhibit large changes with applied voltage in the paraelectric phase. Tunability (the percentage change of the dielectric constant from its zero-bias value in the presence of a de-biasing electric field) was observed to exceed 30% at only 1.7 kV/cm at 77 K in the samples prepared by the solid-state reaction method. The tunability was found to decrease dramatically as the operating temperatures increased above the Curie point. These observations are interpreted in light of an existing phenomenological theory. The dependence of the dielectric constant in the paraelectric state upon a de-biasing electric field is also demonstrated as a potential method for the characterization of dielectric nonuniformities in ferroelectric ceramics.Keywords
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