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Roles of Micro-cracking and Phase Transition on Electric Fatigue for [001]-Oriented \({\rm Pb}({\rm Mg}_{1/3}{\rm Nb}_{2/3}){\rm O}_{3}\hbox{-}{\rm PbTiO}_{3}\) Single Crystals

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In-situ observations of microstructure and polarization degradation under cyclic electric loadings are carried out for [001]-oriented \(\mathrm{Pb(M{g}_{1/3}N{b}_{2/3}){O}_{3}\mbox{ -}PbTi{O}_{3}}\)ferroelectric single crystals. Direct evidences of the effects of micro-cracking and phase transition on the polarization degradation are revealed. Upon cyclic electric loading with a comparatively low field magnitude, there is no phase transition while the propagation of micro-cracks significantly reduces the polarization. When electric loading is cycled under a high field magnitude, the single crystal transforms from a rhombohedral phase to a monoclinic phase. Both micro-cracking and phase transition inhibit ferroelectric domain switching and reduces the number of electric dipoles that can efficiently switch their orientation under cyclic electric field. The phase transition degrades the polarization to a greater degree than do the micro-cracks. The findings are of importance concerning the long-term reliability of the high performance PMN-PT single crystals.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank the supports from the National Natural Science Foundation through the Grant Number 10772090 and from the National Key Projects for Basic Researches (973). The authors express sincere thanks to Prof. H. S. Luo in Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, for providing us the single crystal samples.

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Fang, F., Yang, W., Luo, X. (2011). Roles of Micro-cracking and Phase Transition on Electric Fatigue for [001]-Oriented \({\rm Pb}({\rm Mg}_{1/3}{\rm Nb}_{2/3}){\rm O}_{3}\hbox{-}{\rm PbTiO}_{3}\) Single Crystals. In: Kuna, M., Ricoeur, A. (eds) IUTAM Symposium on Multiscale Modelling of Fatigue, Damage and Fracture in Smart Materials. IUTAM Bookseries, vol 24. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-9887-0_24

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