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The cooling of Pb1−x BaxSc0.5Nb0.5O3 solid solutions with x≤0.04 leads to a spontaneous transition from a relaxor to a macrodomain ferroelectric state, accompanied by anomalous variation of the dielectric and optical properties of the material. As the barium content in the system increases, the relaxor state becomes more stable and eventually “freezes” at x≈0.05. The crystals with x=0.06 exhibited the appearance of a macrodomain ferroelectric phase induced both by an external electric field with a strength of 1.5 kV/cm and by an internal electric field formed in the course of dielectric aging.
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Translated from Fizika Tverdogo Tela, Vol. 42, No. 1, 2000, pp. 154–157.
Original Russian Text Copyright © 2000 by Raevski\(\overset{\lower0.5em\hbox{$\smash{\scriptscriptstyle\smile}$}}{l} \), Eremkin, Smotrakov, Gagarina, Malitskaya.
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Raevskii, I.P., Eremkin, V.V., Smotrakov, V.G. et al. Spontaneous phase transition from relaxor to macrodomain ferroelectric state in single-crystal PbSc0.5Nb0.5O3-BaSc0.5Nb0.5O3 solid solutions. Phys. Solid State 42, 161–164 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1134/1.1131185
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