Large electrostrictive actuation of barium titanate single crystals

被引:107
作者
Burcsu, E [1 ]
Ravichandran, G [1 ]
Bhattacharya, K [1 ]
机构
[1] CALTECH, Div Engn & Appl Sci, Pasadena, CA 91125 USA
基金
美国国家科学基金会;
关键词
electromechanical process; ferroelectric material; domain switching; nonlinear constitutive behavior; hysteresis;
D O I
10.1016/j.jmps.2003.08.001
中图分类号
T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
An experimental investigation of the electromechanical behavior of single crystals of the ferroelectric perovskite barium titanate is presented. An experimental setup has been designed to investigate large strain actuation in single crystal ferroelectrics subjected to combined electrical and mechanical loading. Experiments have been performed on initially single domain crystals of barium titanate with (100) and (001) orientation at compressive stresses between 0 and 5 MPa. Global strain and polarization histories have been recorded. The electrostrictive response is shown to be highly dependent on the level of applied stress with a maximum strain of 0.9% measured at a compressive stress of about 2 MPa and electric field of about 10 kV/cm. This level of strain is about 5 times higher than in typical commercial piezoelectric PZT. Polarized light microscopy has been used to observe the evolution of the domain pattern simultaneously with the strain and polarization measurement. The observations reveal that the observed large strain behavior is the result of 90degrees domain switching. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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页码:823 / 846
页数:24
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