Development of n- and p-type Doped Perovskite Single Crystals Using Solid-State Single Crystal Growth (SSCG) Technique

Abstract

In this project the solid-state growth of n- and p-type doped perovskite single crystals [(1) paraelectric SrTiO3, (2) normal ferroelectric BaTiO3, (3) relaxor ferroelectric 0.85BaTiO3-0.15Bi(Mg0.5Ti0.5)O3, and (4) antiferroelectric PbZrO3] have been tried. Among them n- and p-type doped BaTiO3 single crystals have been successfully fabricated. And their bi-crystals containing a twin or twist boundary are also fabricated using diffusion bonding process of two single crystal plates. These results demonstrate that the SSCG (solid-state single crystal growth) technique are suitable to grow a variety of n- and p-type doped perovskite single crystals of complicated compositions. The Fe-doped (001) BaTiO3 single crystals show an ultrahigh strain of 0.8 at 1 kV/mm (Smax/Emax = 15,000 pm/V) which is 30 times higher than PZT ceramics and 7.5 times higher than PMN-PT single crystals. Therefore the BaTiO3 single crystals having ultrahigh unipolar strains will be used for actuator, sensor, and transducer applications. The research is anticipated to guide the practical development of functional perovskite single crystals.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Oct 09, 2017
Accession Number
AD1046055

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  • Ho-yong Lee

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  • Air Platforms
  • Energy and Power Technologies
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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Advanced Materials
  • Crystal Growth
  • Crystals
  • Dielectrics
  • Diffusion Bonding
  • Electronic Mail
  • Grain Growth
  • Grain Size
  • Heat Energy
  • Heat Treatment
  • Materials
  • Materials Engineering
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Melting
  • Phase Transformations
  • Polycrystals

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  • Materials science

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