Negative correlation between electrical response and domain size in a Ti-composition-gradient Pb[(MgNb)Ti]O crystal near the morphotropic phase boundary

Ti組成傾斜単結晶試料Pb[(MgNb)Ti]Oにおけるモルフォトロピック相境界近傍の電気応答とドメインサイズの負の相関

清水 大輔*; 塚田 慎也*; 松浦 直人*; 坂本 潤哉*; 小島 誠治*; 並河 一道*; 水木 純一郎; 大和田 謙二

Shimizu, Daisuke*; Tsukada, Shinya*; Matsuura, Masato*; Sakamoto, Junya*; Kojima, Seiji*; Namikawa, Kazumichi*; Mizuki, Junichiro; Owada, Kenji

Ti組成が傾斜した単結晶試料Pb[(MgNb)Ti]Oを用いてモルフォトロピック相境界(MPB)近傍の相図ならびに電気応答と結晶コヒーレンス長の相関を調べた。結晶は29mol%と34.7mol%付近に相境界がありそれらは単斜晶相MB-単斜晶相MC,単斜晶相MC-正方晶相境界と対応する。結晶コヒーレンス長のTi濃度依存性は電気応答と強い負の相関を示しており、これらはMPB近傍におけるドメインサイズ効果として説明可能である。

The phase diagram and the relationship between the crystal coherence length and electrical response of Pb[(MgNb)Ti]O (PMN-xPT) near the morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) have been precisely investigated using a single crystal with a Ti composition gradient by synchrotron X-ray diffraction and inelastic light scattering at room temperature. The crystal has two boundaries at Ti compositions of 29.0 mol% and 34.7 mol% which correspond to the phase boundaries between the monoclinic B (MB) and C (MC) phases and between the MC and tetragonal (T) phases, respectively. It is shown that there is a strong negative correlation between the electrical response and the crystal coherence length at the sub-m scale. The results are explained by the size effects of domains near the MPB.