Comparisons of polarization switching in "hard," "soft," and relaxor ferroelectrics

Virginia Tech. Department of Materials Science and EngineeringJullian, ChristelleLi, JiefangViehland, Dwight D.2015-05-212015-05-212004-04-15Jullian, C., Li, J. F., Viehland, D. (2004). Comparisons of polarization switching in "hard," "soft," and relaxor ferroelectrics. Journal of Applied Physics, 95(8), 4316-4318. doi: 10.1063/1.16419620021-8979http://hdl.handle.net/10919/52438The dynamics of polarization switching have been investigated over extremely broad time (10(-8)<t<10(2) s) and field ranges for hard, soft, and relaxor ferroelectrics based on aliovalent modified Pb(Zr1-xTix)O-3. The results unambiguously demonstrate important differences in the polarization switching mechanism for these various types of ferroelectrics. (C) 2004 American Institute of Physics.4 pagesapplication/pdfen-USIn CopyrightPolarizationRelaxor ferroelectricsLeadOzonePhysics demonstrationsComparisons of polarization switching in "hard," "soft," and relaxor ferroelectricsArticle - Refereedhttp://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/jap/95/8/10.1063/1.1641962Journal of Applied Physicshttps://doi.org/10.1063/1.1641962