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- Buscaglia, M. T., et al.
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High dielectric constant and frozen macroscopic polarization in dense nanocrystalline BaTiO3 ceramics
- 2006
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Ingår i: Physical Review B. Condensed Matter and Materials Physics. - 1098-0121 .- 1550-235X. ; 73:6
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Theoretical models for small ferroelectric particles predict a progressive decrease of the Curie temperature, spontaneous lattice strain, and polarization until the critical size corresponding to transition to the cubic phase and disappearance of ferroelectricity is reached. In contrast, the behavior of nanocrystalline BaTiO3 ceramics with a grain size of approximate to 30 nm is dominated by extrinsic effects related to the grain boundaries which mask the expected downscaling of properties. While the noncubic crystal structure, the high dielectric constant (approximate to 1600) and the variation of permittivity with temperature suggest a ferroelectric behavior, very slim, and nearly linear polarization hysteresis loops are observed. Evidence for the existence of a ferroelectric domain structure with domains extending over several grains and of polarization switching at local scale is given by piezoresponse force microscopy. The suppression of macroscopic ferroelectric hysteresis and switching originates from a frozen domain structure stable under an external field owing to the effects exerted by the grain boundaries, such as the clamping of the domain walls and the hindrance of polarization switching. Furthermore, the depolarization field originated by the low-permittivity nonferroelectric grain boundaries can cause a significant reduction of polarization. If the grain size is small enough, the ceramic is expected to undergo a "phase transition" to a polar phase with nonswitchable polarization. The BaTiO3 ceramics with grain size of 30 nm investigated in the present study are deemed to be close to this transition.
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- Buscaglia, M. T., et al.
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Synthesis of BaTiO3 core-shell particles and fabrication of dielectric ceramics with local graded structure
- 2006
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Ingår i: Chemistry of Materials. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 0897-4756 .- 1520-5002. ; 18:17, s. 4002-4010
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The coating of BaTiO3 particles with a different perovskite and the subsequent consolidation to dense ceramics retaining a radial composition gradient within the single grains are presented and discussed. A shell of SrTiO3 or BaZrO3 was directly grown on the surface of BaTiO3 spherical templates suspended in aqueous solution by means of a precipitation process making use of inorganic precursors. The overall composition and the particle size can be tailored over a wide range. Densification of the resulting core-shell particles was realized using spark plasma sintering or conventional sintering. Dense ceramics with locally graded structure can be only obtained by a careful choice of the sintering conditions, that is, controlling the interdiffusion between core and shell. The final materials show strongly modified dielectric properties in comparison to both the parent compounds and the homogeneous solid solutions. The proposed approach is generic and suggests a new avenue to create functional and structural polycrystalline materials with locally graded structure by the controlled sintering of core-shell particles.
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- Buscaglia, V., et al.
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Raman and AFM piezoresponse study of dense BaTiO3 nanocrystalline ceramics
- 2005
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Ingår i: Journal of the European Ceramic Society. - : Elsevier BV. - 0955-2219 .- 1873-619X. ; 25:12, s. 3059-3062
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Dense nanocrystalline BaTiO3 (BT) ceramics with grain sizes (GSs) below 100 nm obtained by spark plasma sintering (SPS), were investigated by micro-Raman spectroscopy in order to obtain information about the changes in the local order induced by size effects. The obtained spectra in the range 80-700 K showed the presence of all the crystalline phases of BaTiO3, even in the finest structure (50 nm grain size ceramic), with particularities attributed to the high density of non-ferroelectric grain boundaries. The AFM piezoresponse study incontestably proved the ferroelectric switching at local scale in nanocrystalline BaTiO3 ceramics at room temperature.
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- Dahl, P., et al.
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Densification and properties of zirconia prepared by three different sintering techniques
- 2007
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Ingår i: Ceramics International. - : Elsevier BV. - 0272-8842 .- 1873-3956. ; 33:8, s. 1603-1610
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Densification of nanocrystalline yttria stabilized zirconia (YSZ) powder with 8 mol% Y2O3, prepared by a glycine/nitrate smoldering combustion method, was investigated by spark plasma sintering, hot pressing and conventional sintering. The spark plasma sintering technique was shown to be superior to the other methods giving dense materials (>= 96%) with uniform morphology at lower temperatures and shorter sintering time. The grain size of the materials was 0.21, 0.37 and 12 mu m after spark plasma sintering, hot pressing and conventional sintering, respectively. Total electrical conductivity of the materials showed no clear correlation with the grain size, but the activation energy for spark plasma sintered materials was slightly higher than for materials prepared by the two other densification methods. The hardness, measured by the Vickers indentation method, was found to be independent on grain size while fracture toughness, derived by the indentation method, was slightly decreasing with increasing grain size.
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- Zhou, L. J., et al.
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Electric fatigue in antiferroelectric lead zirconate stannate titanate ceramics prepared by spark plasma sintering
- 2005
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Ingår i: Journal of The American Ceramic Society. - : American Ceramic Society. - 0002-7820 .- 1551-2916. ; 88:10, s. 2952-2954
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The fatigue behavior of lead zirconate stannate titanate (PZST) ceramics prepared by spark plasma sintering (SPS) was investigated. Polarization and strain hysteresis loops were monitored. The material shows a high resistance to fatigue because of bipolar electric cycling. Both maximum strain and switchable polarization first show a fatigue stage 0 to 10(5) cycles and then a fatigue-free period up to 10(8) cycles. The maximum losses of maximum strain and switchable polarization are 18% and 10% of their initial values, respectively. The dominant fatigue mechanism is assigned to the pinning of domain walls by charged defects.
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- Zhou, L. J., et al.
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Electric fatigue in ferroelectric lead zirconate stannate titanate ceramics prepared by spark plasma sintering
- 2006
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Ingår i: Journal of The American Ceramic Society. - : Wiley. - 0002-7820 .- 1551-2916. ; 89:12, s. 3868-3870
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Ferroelectric lead zirconate stannate titanate ceramics were prepared by spark plasma sintering (SPS). Compared with its counterpart densified by conventional sintering (CS), the SPS material shows a smaller remanent polarization and maximum strain as well as a higher coercive field. Electric fatigue in both materials was investigated. In contrast to CS samples, the SPS specimens show a lower resistance to bipolar electric cycling, characterized by a faster decrease in remanent polarization and maximum strain at cycle number below 10(6.5) and a subsequent slower reduction of the properties at high cycle numbers up to 10(8).
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