Chin. Phys. Lett.  2011, Vol. 28 Issue (8): 087701    DOI: 10.1088/0256-307X/28/8/087701
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Piezoresponse Force Microscopy Imaging of Ferroelectric Domains in Bi(Zn1/2Ti1/2)O3−Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3−PbTiO3 Piezoelectric Ceramics
LIU Li-Ming1,2, ZENG Hua-Rong1**, CAO Zhen-Zhu1,3, LENG Xue1, ZHAO Kun-Yu1, LI Guo-Rong1, YIN Qing-Rui1
1Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050
2Kunming Institute of Physics, Kunming 650223
3 College of Chemical Engineering, Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Huhhot 010051
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LIU Li-Ming, ZENG Hua-Rong, CAO Zhen-Zhu et al  2011 Chin. Phys. Lett. 28 087701
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Abstract Bismuth zinc titanate dopied lead magnesium niobate-lead titanate [Bi(Zn1/2Ti1/2)O3−Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3−PbTiO3 (BZT-PMN-PT)] piezoelectric ceramics are synthesized by the conventional solid state reaction method. Ferroelectric domain structures and the evolutionary behavior of BZT-PMN-PT ceramics under an external in-plane electric field are investigated by piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM). It is found that the BZT doping has a significant effect on the domain configurations and the domain kinetic behavior of the piezoelectric BZT-PMN-PT solid solution ceramics. Microdomains embedded in the macrodomains, induced by the BZT dopant in the solid solution ceramics, are clearly observed by PFM and their volume increases with increasing amounts of BZT doping. The microdomains of BZT-PMN-PT piezoelectric ceramics exhibit better domain dynamic behavior stability than macrodomains under an external in-plane electric field.
Keywords: 77.84.Dy      77.80.Dj      77.80.Fm      07.79.Lh     
Received: 17 January 2011      Published: 28 July 2011
PACS:  77.84.Dy  
  77.80.Dj (Domain structure; hysteresis)  
  77.80.Fm (Switching phenomena)  
  07.79.Lh (Atomic force microscopes)  
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