A Crystal-chemical framework for relaxor versus normal ferroelectric behavior in tetragonal tungsten bronzes

X. Zhu; M. Fu; M. C. Stennett; P. M. Vilarinho; I. Levin; C. A. Randall; J. Gardner; F. D. Morrison; I. M. Reaney

doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b00072

A Crystal-chemical framework for relaxor versus normal ferroelectric behavior in tetragonal tungsten bronzes

X. Zhu, M. Fu, M. C. Stennett, P. M. Vilarinho, I. Levin, C. A. Randall, J. Gardner, F. D. Morrison, I. M. Reaney

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

115 Scopus citations

Abstract

Tetragonal tungsten bronzes (TTBs), an important class of oxides known to exhibit ferroelectricity, undergo complex distortions, including rotations of oxygen octahedra, which give rise to either incommensurately or commensurately modulated superstructures. Many TTBs display broad, frequency-dependent relaxor dielectric behavior rather than sharper frequency-independent normal ferroelectric anomalies, but the exact reasons that favor a particular type of dielectric response for a given composition remain unclear. In this contribution the influence of incommensurate/commensurate displacive modulations on the onset of relaxor/ferroelectric behavior in TTBs is assessed in the context of basic crystal-chemical factors, such as positional disorder, ionic radii and polarizabilities, and point defects. We present a predictive crystal-chemical model that rationalizes composition-structure-properties relations for a broad range of TTB systems.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	3250-3261
Number of pages	12
Journal	Chemistry of Materials
Volume	27
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b00072
State	Published - May 12 2015

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Chemistry(all)
Chemical Engineering(all)
Materials Chemistry

Access to Document

10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b00072

Cite this

@article{552e5a1b07ac4b78b00ab430f69f7580,

title = "A Crystal-chemical framework for relaxor versus normal ferroelectric behavior in tetragonal tungsten bronzes",

abstract = "Tetragonal tungsten bronzes (TTBs), an important class of oxides known to exhibit ferroelectricity, undergo complex distortions, including rotations of oxygen octahedra, which give rise to either incommensurately or commensurately modulated superstructures. Many TTBs display broad, frequency-dependent relaxor dielectric behavior rather than sharper frequency-independent normal ferroelectric anomalies, but the exact reasons that favor a particular type of dielectric response for a given composition remain unclear. In this contribution the influence of incommensurate/commensurate displacive modulations on the onset of relaxor/ferroelectric behavior in TTBs is assessed in the context of basic crystal-chemical factors, such as positional disorder, ionic radii and polarizabilities, and point defects. We present a predictive crystal-chemical model that rationalizes composition-structure-properties relations for a broad range of TTB systems.",

author = "X. Zhu and M. Fu and Stennett, {M. C.} and Vilarinho, {P. M.} and I. Levin and Randall, {C. A.} and J. Gardner and Morrison, {F. D.} and Reaney, {I. M.}",

note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2015 American Chemical Society.",

year = "2015",

month = may,

day = "12",

doi = "10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b00072",

language = "English (US)",

volume = "27",

pages = "3250--3261",

journal = "Chemistry of Materials",

issn = "0897-4756",

publisher = "American Chemical Society",

number = "9",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - A Crystal-chemical framework for relaxor versus normal ferroelectric behavior in tetragonal tungsten bronzes

AU - Zhu, X.

AU - Fu, M.

AU - Stennett, M. C.

AU - Vilarinho, P. M.

AU - Levin, I.

AU - Randall, C. A.

AU - Gardner, J.

AU - Morrison, F. D.

AU - Reaney, I. M.

PY - 2015/5/12

Y1 - 2015/5/12

N2 - Tetragonal tungsten bronzes (TTBs), an important class of oxides known to exhibit ferroelectricity, undergo complex distortions, including rotations of oxygen octahedra, which give rise to either incommensurately or commensurately modulated superstructures. Many TTBs display broad, frequency-dependent relaxor dielectric behavior rather than sharper frequency-independent normal ferroelectric anomalies, but the exact reasons that favor a particular type of dielectric response for a given composition remain unclear. In this contribution the influence of incommensurate/commensurate displacive modulations on the onset of relaxor/ferroelectric behavior in TTBs is assessed in the context of basic crystal-chemical factors, such as positional disorder, ionic radii and polarizabilities, and point defects. We present a predictive crystal-chemical model that rationalizes composition-structure-properties relations for a broad range of TTB systems.

AB - Tetragonal tungsten bronzes (TTBs), an important class of oxides known to exhibit ferroelectricity, undergo complex distortions, including rotations of oxygen octahedra, which give rise to either incommensurately or commensurately modulated superstructures. Many TTBs display broad, frequency-dependent relaxor dielectric behavior rather than sharper frequency-independent normal ferroelectric anomalies, but the exact reasons that favor a particular type of dielectric response for a given composition remain unclear. In this contribution the influence of incommensurate/commensurate displacive modulations on the onset of relaxor/ferroelectric behavior in TTBs is assessed in the context of basic crystal-chemical factors, such as positional disorder, ionic radii and polarizabilities, and point defects. We present a predictive crystal-chemical model that rationalizes composition-structure-properties relations for a broad range of TTB systems.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84929192684&partnerID=8YFLogxK

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84929192684&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b00072

DO - 10.1021/acs.chemmater.5b00072

M3 - Article

AN - SCOPUS:84929192684

VL - 27

SP - 3250

EP - 3261

JO - Chemistry of Materials

JF - Chemistry of Materials

SN - 0897-4756

IS - 9

ER -

A Crystal-chemical framework for relaxor versus normal ferroelectric behavior in tetragonal tungsten bronzes

Abstract

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this