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Elastic anomalies associated with domain switching in BaTiO3 single crystals under in-situ electrical cycling

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Authors

Pesquera, D 
Casals, B 
Thompson, JE 
Nataf, GF 
Moya, X 

Abstract

The elastic response of BaTiO3 single crystals during electric field cycling at room temperature has been studied using in-situ Resonant Ultrasound Spectroscopy (RUS), which allows monitoring of both the elastic and anelastic changes caused by ferroelectric polarization switching. We find that the first ferroelectric switching of a virgin single crystal is dominated by ferroelastic 90° switching. In subsequent ferroelectric switching, ferroelastic switching is reduced by domain pinning and by the ferroelectric domains, as confirmed by polarized light microscopy. RUS under in-situ electric field therefore demonstrates to be an effective technique for the investigation of electromechanical coupling in ferroelectrics.

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Keywords

cond-mat.mtrl-sci, cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Journal Title

APL Materials

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Journal ISSN

2166-532X
2166-532X

Volume Title

7

Publisher

AIP Publishing LLC
Sponsorship
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/P024904/1)
European Research Council (680032)
Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/I036079/1)
Natural Environment Research Council (NE/F017081/1)