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      Large electric-field-induced strain in ferroelectric crystals by point-defect-mediated reversible domain switching.

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          Abstract

          Ferroelectric crystals are characterized by their asymmetric or polar structures. In an electric field, ions undergo asymmetric displacement and result in a small change in crystal dimension, which is proportional to the applied field. Such electric-field-induced strain (or piezoelectricity) has found extensive applications in actuators and sensors. However, the effect is generally very small and thus limits its usefulness. Here I show that with a different mechanism, an aged BaTiO(3) single crystal can generate a large recoverable nonlinear strain of 0.75% at a low field of 200 V mm(-1). At the same field this value is about 40 times higher than piezoelectric Pb(Zr, Ti)O(3) (PZT) ceramics and more than 10 times higher than the high-strain Pb(Zn(1/3)Nb(2/3))O(3)-PbTiO(3) (PZN-PT) single crystals. This large electro-strain stems from an unusual reversible domain switching (most importantly the switching of non-180 degrees domains) in which the restoring force is provided by a general symmetry-conforming property of point defects. This mechanism provides a general method to achieve large electro-strain effect in a wide range of ferroelectric systems and the effect may lead to novel applications in ultra-large stroke and nonlinear actuators.

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          Journal
          Nat Mater
          Nature materials
          Springer Science and Business Media LLC
          1476-1122
          1476-1122
          Feb 2004
          : 3
          : 2
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Materials Physics Group, National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, 305-0047, Ibaraki, Japan. Ren.Xiaobing@nims.go.jp
          Article
          nmat1051
          10.1038/nmat1051
          14716304
          c1f730a3-4b09-4663-ba70-acbfe6a838d3
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