Giant strain responses and relaxor characteristics in lead-free (Bi<sub>0.5</sub>Na<sub>0.5</sub>)TiO<sub>3</sub>–BaZrO<sub>3</sub> ferroelectric thin films
Zhe Wang, Jinyan Zhao, Gang Niu, Wei Ren, Nan Zhang, Kun Zheng, Yi Quan, Lingyan Wang, Jian Zhuang, Henghui Cai, Xin Li, Genshui Wang, Ming Liu, Zhuangde Jiang, Yulong Zhao
Abstract
A giant macro-scale strain value of 1.31% was obtained in the BNT-4BZ thin films, which is determined by the combination of domain switching and reversible electric-field-induced phase transitions between relaxor state and ferroelectric phase.
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Materials scienceFerroelectricityThin filmCondensed matter physicsStrain (injury)Phase (matter)Electric fieldPhase transitionNanotechnologyOptoelectronicsDielectricInternal medicinePhysicsQuantum mechanicsMedicineOrganic chemistryChemistryFerroelectric and Piezoelectric MaterialsMultiferroics and related materialsMicrowave Dielectric Ceramics Synthesis