Universal phase diagram for high-piezoelectric perovskite systems
- 16 July 2001
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Applied Physics Letters
- Vol. 79 (3), 400-402
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1384475
Abstract
Strong piezoelectricity in perovskite-type PbZn1−xTixO3 (PZT) and Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3–PbTiO3 (PZN–PT) systems is generally associated with the existence of a morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) separating regions with rhombohedral and tetragonal symmetry. An x-ray study of PZN–9% PT has revealed the presence of an orthorhombic phase at the MPB, and a near-vertical boundary between the rhombohedral and orthorhombic phases, similar to that found for PZT between the rhombohedral and monoclinic phases. We discuss the results in the light of a recent theoretical paper by Vanderbilt and Cohen [Phys. Rev. B 63, 94108 (2001)], which attributes these low-symmetry phases to the high anharmonicity in these oxide systems.Keywords
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