Influence of the domain structure on piezoelectric and dielectric properties of relaxor SBN single crystals

Abstract

We have studied the influence of initial domain structure on piezoelectric and dielectric properties of Sr 0.61 Ba 0.39 Nb 2 O 6 single crystals slightly doped with Ce and Ni. Initial domain structure was created by zero-field cooling, in-field cooling, and partial switching. The difference in the frequency dependences of macroscopic piezoelectric response and temperature dependences of dielectric permittivity for various initial domain structures was revealed. © 2018 Institute of Physics Publishing. All rights reserved. ; Equipment of the Ural Centre for Shared Use "Modern nanotechnology" Ural Federal University was used. The research was made possible by Russian Foundation of Basic Research (project № 16-02- 00821-а) and state task of Ministry of education and science of the Russian Federation (No. 3.4993.2017/6.7). The work was partially supported by Government of the Russian Federation (act 211, agreement 02.A03.21.0006). Part of this work was developed within the scope of the project CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, POCI-01-0145-FEDER-007679 (FCT Ref. UID /CTM /50011/2013), financed by national funds through the FCT/MEC and when appropriate co-financed by FEDER under the PT2020 Partnership Agreement. ; et al.;NT-MDT Spectrum Instruments;Ostec-ArtTool Ltd.;Promenergolab LLC;Russian Foundation for Basic Research;Taylor and Francis Group