Relaxor ferroelectrics disordered complex perovskites

Blinc R (2007) Order and Disorder in Perovskites and Relaxor Ferroelectrics. 124 51-67 Boca R (2005) Magnetic Parameters and Magnetic Functions in Mononuclear Complexes Beyond the Spin-Hamiltonian Formalism 117 1-268 Bohrer D, see Schetinger MRC (2003) 104 99-138 Bonnet S, see Baranoff E (2007) 123 41-78... 

Relaxor ferroelectrics can be prepared either in polycrystalline form or as single crystals. They differ from the previously mentioned normal ferroelectrics in that they exhibit a broad phase transition from the paraelectric to ferroelectric state, a strong frequency dependence of the dielectric constant (i.e. dielectric relaxation) and a weak remanent polarization. Lead-based relaxor materials have complex disordered perovskite structures. 

In conclusion, complex perovskite relaxor ceramics are characterized by a very diffuse range of the ferroelectric-paraelectric OD phase transition, owing to nano-scopic compositional fluctuations. The minimum domain size that stiU sustains cooperative phenomena leading to ferroelectric behavior is the so-called Kiinzig region (Kanzig, 1951), and is on the order of 10 to lOOnm in PMN. In contrast to normal ferroelectric ceramics, relaxor ceramics show a frequency dependence of the dielectric permittivity as well as the dielectric loss tangent, which presumably is caused by the locally disordered structure that creates shallow, multipotential wells. 

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