Abstract

The results of experimental and theoretical ab initio study of structural and piezoelectric properties of (Ba,Sr)TiO3 perovskite solid solutions are discussed and compared. Experimentally, plate-like (Ba,Sr)TiO3 particles were synthesized by the topochemical conversion in the molten salt from Bi4Ti3O12 template plates. All dimensions (side length ≈1 μm, thickness ≈200–400 nm) were well above the critical size necessary for observation of piezo- and ferroelectricity. The first-principles computations of the structural and electromechanical properties of solid solutions were performed with the CRYSTAL14 computer code within the linear combination of atomic orbitals approximation, using three advanced hybrid functionals of density functional theory. Different chemical compositions are considered for the ferroelectric and paraelectric phases. The calculated structural properties of solid solutions in tetragonal and cubic phases are in very good agreement with experimental data. Experimentally obtained and cal...

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