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Temperature-dependent Raman spectra and electrical properties of 0.69Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–0.31PbTiO3 single crystals

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The temperature-dependent Raman spectra and electrical properties of the 0.69Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–0.31PbTiO3 (0.69PMN–0.31PT) single crystals were investigated. Based on the group theory, the poled 0.69PMN–0.31PT single crystals belong to the monoclinic crystal system, which was confirmed by the room-temperature Raman spectra. The 0.69PMN–0.31PT single crystals experience successive structural phase transitions, i.e., a monoclinic–tetragonal (FEM–FET) phase transition at TM–T and a tetragonal–cubic (FET–PC) phase transition at T m determined by the dielectric measurement. Due to the enhancement of long-range order, their FEM–FET phase transition becomes more obvious after the poling process. The wavenumbers and line widths of the 271, 502, 575, 795 cm−1 Raman modes, and the intensity ratios of \( I_{{271{\text{cm}}^{ - 1} }} /I_{{795{\text{cm}}^{ - 1} }} \) and \( I_{{502{\text{cm}}^{ - 1} }} /I_{{575{\text{cm}}^{ - 1} }} \) exhibit obvious anomalies around T M–T and T m, which are closely related to the FEM–FET and FET–PC phase transitions. The temperature and electric field (E)-induced phase transitions are observed in the unipolar strain–E (S–E) curves. The converse piezoelectric constant (d 33), maximum strain value (S max%) and longitudinal electrostrictive coefficient (Q) increase considerably around the ferroelectric phase transition temperature T M–T.

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The authors thank the Ministry of Science and Technology of China through 973 Program (No. 2013CB632900), the Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51332009, 51372258, 51577015 and 11304333), the Shanghai Natural Science Foundation (No. 15ZR1445300) and the Priority Academic Program Development of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions for financial support.

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    Bijun Fang, Xing Liu & Jianning Ding

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    Xing Liu, Xiaobing Li, Xiangyong Zhao & Haosu Luo

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Fang, B., Liu, X., Li, X. et al. Temperature-dependent Raman spectra and electrical properties of 0.69Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3–0.31PbTiO3 single crystals. Appl. Phys. A 122, 811 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-016-0340-0

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