Abstract

AbstractThe ferroelectric and antiferroelectric displacements in perovskite-based ceramics give rise to a wide range of domain structures. This paper reports on transmission electron microscopy observations as a function of temperature of such structures in PLZT and PLSnZT. In the PLZT system superposition of the diffraction patterns from modulated domains of low symmetry give rise to patterns with an apparent high symmetry. The ½(hkl)-type reflections become more intense with decreasing temperature and split into diffuse rods at high temperature. In the PLSnZT system a hierarchy of domain structures is observed with length scales ranging from unit cell dimensions to the full grain size. A temperature dependent long-period modulation along the < 110 > directions is observed.

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