LOCAL PIEZOELECTRICITY IN SrTiO3-BiTiO3 CERAMICS

Local piezoelectric properties of Bi-doped SrTiO3 ceramics have been investigated by piezoresponse force microscopy. The appearance of both out-of-plane and in-plane polarization components confirmed the piezoelectric nature of the obtained signal. The absence of labyrinth-like structures in observed piezoelectric contrast is not consistent with the expected existence of a relaxor ferroelectric state in this material. The close similarity of local piezoelectric properties in Bi-doped SrTiO3 with pure SrTiO3 suggests that the origin of obtained piezoresponse can be attributed to the flexoelectric phenomenon. Bi-doping leads to occurrence of oxygen vacancies and negative charge on the surface of the sample

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Polar Phonons in Relaxor Ferroelectric 0.2PSN-0.4PMN-0.4PZN

Relaxor ferroelectrics $0.2PbSc_{1//2}Nb_{1//2}O_3-0.4PbMg_{1//3}Nb_{2//3}O_3-0.4PbZn_{1//3}Nb_{2//3}O_3$ ceramics were studied by means of the Fourier transform infrared reflection and THz transmission spectroscopy in the temperature range of 20-500 K. On heating from low temperatures, the $A_1$ component of the strongly split $TO_1$ mode softens towards the Burns temperature, but the softening ceases near 400 K, which could be a signature of polar cluster percolation temperature

Terahertz Spectroscopy of Ordered PbSc1//2Nb1//2O3PbSc_{1//2}Nb_{1//2}O_3 Ceramics

The ordered $PbSc_{1//2}Nb_{1//2}O_3$ ceramics were studied by THz transmission spectroscopy in the temperature range of 80-300 K. Below ferroelectric phase transition temperature the strength of central mode gradually decreases and gives evidence for a mixed displacive and order-disorder character of the transitions. Ferroelectric phase transition is connected with an abrupt freezing and rise of polar nanoregions into ferroelectric domains