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Combinatorial search of structural transitions: Systematic investigation of morphotropic phase boundaries in chemically substituted BiFeO3

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 September 2012

Daisuke Kan ,
Christian J. Long ,
Christian Steinmetz ,
Samuel E. Lofland  and
Ichiro Takeuchi
Daisuke Kan*
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742; and Institute for Chemical Research, Kyoto University, Kyoto 611-0011, Japan
Christian J. Long
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
Christian Steinmetz
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey 08028
Samuel E. Lofland
Affiliation:
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Rowan University, Glassboro, New Jersey 08028
Ichiro Takeuchi
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: dkan@scl.kyoto-u.ac.jp
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Abstract

We review our work on combinatorial search and investigation of morphotropic phase boundaries (MPBs) in chemically substituted BiFeO3 (BFO). Utilizing the thin-film composition spread technique, we discovered that rare-earth (RE = Sm, Gd, and Dy) substitution into the A-site of the BFO lattice results in a structural phase transition from the rhombohedral to the orthorhombic phase. At the structural boundary, both the piezoelectric coefficient and the dielectric constant are substantially enhanced. It is also found that the observed MPB behavior can be universally described by the average A-site ionic radius as a critical parameter, indicating that chemical pressure effect due to substitution is the primary cause for the MPB behavior in RE-substituted BFO. Our combinatorial investigations were further extended to the A- and B-site cosubstituted BFO in the pseudoternary composition spread of (Bi1−xSmx)(Fe1−yScy)O3. Clustering analysis of structural and ferroelectric property data of the fabricated pseudoternary composition spread reveals close correlations between the structural and ferroelectric properties. We show that the evolution in structural and ferroelectric properties is controlled solely by the A-site Sm substitution and not the B-site Sc substitution.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 27 , Issue 21 , 14 November 2012 , pp. 2691 - 2704
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2012

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