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Coexistence States near the Morphotropic Phase Boundary

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Published 20 September 2012 Copyright (c) 2012 The Japan Society of Applied Physics
, , Citation Makoto Iwata and Yoshihiro Ishibashi 2012 Jpn. J. Appl. Phys. 51 09LE03 DOI 10.1143/JJAP.51.09LE03

1347-4065/51/9S1/09LE03

Abstract

A model of coexistence states near the morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) in perovskite-type ferroelectric crystals was studied using a simplified simulation based on the Landau–Ginzburg-type free energy functional. It was found that, even when no imperfection causing the random field exists, a stable phase and a metastable phase coexist near MPB. The coexistence state in the engineered domain configuration near MPB was also found.

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10.1143/JJAP.51.09LE03