Abstract High electric field-induced strain with ultralow hysteresis, which is often generated based on electrostrictive effects in ferroelectric materials, is highly desired due to its potential applications in high-precision displacement… Click to show full abstract
Abstract High electric field-induced strain with ultralow hysteresis, which is often generated based on electrostrictive effects in ferroelectric materials, is highly desired due to its potential applications in high-precision displacement actuators. In this paper, (1-x)[Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3]-xBa(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3 [(1-x)(PMN-PT)-xBZN] ceramics were fabricated by a solid-state reaction method. The effect of Ba(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3 (BZN) content on dielectric and electrostrictive properties in relaxor ferroelectric PMN-PT solid solutions was investigated in detail by dielectric spectra, polarization-electric field (P-E) hysteresis loops and strain-electric field (S-E) curves. With an increasing BZN content, the temperature stability of the dielectric permittivity of (1-x)(PMN-PT)-xBZN is improved due to the formation of two coexistent phases. A high electrostrictive strain (~0.17% at 60 kV/cm) with an ultralow hysteresis (
               
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