Publication
Electrostrictive effect in Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-xPbTiO3 crystals
Publisher:
AIP Publishing
Date:
15-04-2013
DOI:
10.1063/1.4802792
Abstract: The electrostrictive effect was investigated in Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-xPbTiO3 (PMN-xPT) relaxor ferroelectric crystal, a representative high performance piezoelectric material, with respect to orientation, temperature, and composition. The electrostrictive coefficients Q11C, Q12C, and Q44C of PMN-xPT (x = 0.25−0.37) crystals were found to be on the order of 0.055, −0.024, and 0.020 m4/C2, respectively. The maximum and minimum Q33* were found to be along 〈100〉 and 〈111〉 directions, being about 0.055 and 0.014 m4/C2, respectively, showing a strong anisotropic behavior, which is inherently associated with the oxygen-octahedra structure. In contrast to piezoelectric and dielectric responses, the electrostrictive coefficients Q are found to be insensitive to the ferroelectric phase transition, no matter it is induced by the temperature or composition.