Virginia TechYao, JianjunGe, WenweiLuo, L.Li, JiefangViehland, Dwight D.Luo, Haosu2014-01-282014-01-282010-05-01Yao, Jianjun; Ge, Wenwei; Luo, Liang; et al., "Hierarchical domains in Na1/2Bi1/2TiO3 single crystals: Ferroelectric phase transformations within the geometrical restrictions of a ferroelastic inheritance," Appl. Phys. Lett. 96, 222905 (2010); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.34437170003-6951http://hdl.handle.net/10919/25179We have found unique hierarchical domains in Na1/2Bi1/2TiO3 single crystals. A tetragonal ferroelastic domain structure is unchanged on cooling from 520 to 25 degrees C. Polar microdomains then nucleated on cooling in the rhombohedral ferroelectric phase within the geometrical restrictions imposed by the inherited ferroelastic domains. (C) 2010 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3443717]application/pdfen-USIn CopyrightAntiferroelectric materialsEpitaxial layersFerroelectric materialsFerroelectric thin filmsPulsed laser depositionRaman spectraSodiumCompoundsBismuth-titanateX-raysTransitionsCeramicsSystemsPhysicsArticle - Refereedhttp://scitation.aip.org/content/aip/journal/apl/96/22/10.1063/1.3443717https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3443717