Observation of Ferroelastic and Ferroelectric Domains in AgNbO$_{3}$ Single Crystal
Wei Zhao1 , Zhengqian Fu2* , Jianming Deng1 , Song Li3 , Yifeng Han4 , Man-Rong Li4 , Xueyun Wang1* , and Jiawang Hong1*
1 School of Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China2 The State Key Lab of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China3 Key Laboratory of Inorganic Functional MRRaterials and Devices, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, China4 Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China
Abstract ：Compared to AgNbO$_{3}$ based ceramics, the experimental investigations on the single crystalline AgNbO$_{3}$, especially the ground state and ferroic domain structures, are not on the same level. Here, based on successfully synthesized AgNbO$_{3}$ single crystal using a flux method, we observed the coexistence of ferroelastic and ferroelectric domain structures by a combination study of polarized light microscopy and piezoresponse force microscopy. This finding may provide a new aspect for studying AgNbO$_{3}$. The result also suggests a weak electromechanical response from the ferroelectric phase of AgNbO$_{3}$, which is also supported by the transmission electron microscope characterization. Our results reveal that the AgNbO$_{3}$ single crystal is in a polar ferroelectric phase at room temperature, clarifying its ground state which is controversial from the AgNbO$_{3}$ ceramic materials.
收稿日期: 2020-12-08
出版日期: 2021-03-02
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77.80.Dj
(Domain structure; hysteresis)
77.84.Ek
(Niobates and tantalates)
77.84.-s
(Dielectric, piezoelectric, ferroelectric, and antiferroelectric materials)
78.20.Fm
(Birefringence)
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