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Poling electric field dependent domain switching and piezoelectric properties of mechanically activated (Pb0.92La0.08)(Zr0.60Ti0.40)O3 ceramics

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(Pb0.92La0.08)(Zr0.60Ti0.40)O3 (PLZT 8/60/40) ceramics were prepared via a combinatorial approach of high energy mechanical ball milling (mechanical activation), followed by cold isostatic pressing. Electrical properties of the piezoelectric ceramics are greatly influenced by the poling conditions (poling electric field, poling time and poling temperature). In this present study, the effect of the poling electric fields on the piezoelectric properties of PLZT 8/60/40 ceramics was investigated. It is a common practice to subject piezoelectric ceramics to electric fields well beyond their coercive fields, in order to pole them but here the measured values of piezoelectric (d33 and g33) and electromechanical coupling coefficients (kp, k33 and k31) at different poling fields show that a ferroelectric material can be poled at ~5 kV/cm (<0.5 Ec), far below the coercive field without compromising the induced high piezoelectricity. The results were discussed with the help of polarization, current and strain versus electric field curves.

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The authors acknowledge the financial support from DRDO for carrying out the research work and express their gratitude to the Director DMRL for his interest in this work.

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    Ajeet Kumar, V. V. Bhanu Prasad & A. R. James

  2. School of Physics, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad, 500046, India

    Ajeet Kumar & K. C. James Raju

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Kumar, A., Bhanu Prasad, V.V., James Raju, K.C. et al. Poling electric field dependent domain switching and piezoelectric properties of mechanically activated (Pb0.92La0.08)(Zr0.60Ti0.40)O3 ceramics. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 26, 3757–3765 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-015-2899-1

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