Abstract

AbstractRelaxor antiferroelectric single crystals lead lanthanum zirconate stannate titanate (PLZST) with the composition around the morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) have been grown by flux method using 50 wt% PbO‐PbF2‐B2O3 as a flux. The obtained crystals are light yellow in color. The XRD patterns revealed that the habitual faces of the obtained crystal are (001). The crystal morphology was studied and related to a layer growth mechanism controlled by two‐dimensional growth. The chemical composition of as‐grown crystal was analyzed by inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP), indicating a slight decrease of the amount of Ti compared to the starting materials. The result was verified by the XRD patterns with the phase transformation from the co‐existence of tetragonal and rhombohedra phases to the single tetragonal phase. (© 2008 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)

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