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High-energy electron irradiation study of relaxor ferroelectric Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 and Pb1−xLax[Mg(1+x)/3Nb(2−x)/3]O3 by transmission electron microscopy

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The electron irradiation sensitivities of Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 (PMN) and Pb1−xLax[Mg(1+x)/3Nb(2−x)/3]O3 (PLMN) ceramics were investigated by transmission electron microscopy. Nanoscale Pb particles formed in these materials under electron beam radiation. It was found that these fine Pb particles generally had a preferred crystallographic orientation relationship with the PMN/PLMN host and always existed at positions slightly rich in Mg2+. A preliminary mechanism involving defect chemistry reactions is proposed to interpret this unusual Pb precipitation. Possible limitations to the practical applications of these materials are discussed.

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  1. Electron Microscopy Laboratory, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, People’s Republic of China

    Shu Miao, Jing Zhu & X. H. Chen

  2. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, People’s Republic of China

    Shu Miao, Jing Zhu, X. W. Zhang & X. H. Chen

  3. State Key Lab of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, People’s Republic of China

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Miao, S., Zhu, J., Zhang, X.W. et al. High-energy electron irradiation study of relaxor ferroelectric Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 and Pb1−xLax[Mg(1+x)/3Nb(2−x)/3]O3 by transmission electron microscopy. Journal of Materials Research 17, 2615–2620 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1557/JMR.2002.0379

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