Relationship between local structure and phase transitions of a disordered solid solution

Ilya Grinberg, Valentino R. Cooper and Andrew M. Rappe ()
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Ilya Grinberg: University of Pennsylvania
Valentino R. Cooper: University of Pennsylvania
Andrew M. Rappe: University of Pennsylvania

Nature, 2002, vol. 419, issue 6910, 909-911

Abstract: Abstract The Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 (PZT) disordered solid solution is widely used in piezoelectric applications owing to its excellent electromechanical properties. Six different structural phases have been observed for PZT at ambient pressure, each with different lattice parameters and average electric polarization. It is of significant interest to understand the microscopic origin of the complicated phase diagram and local structure of PZT1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8. Here, using density functional theory calculations, we show that the distortions of the material away from the parent perovskite structure can be predicted from the local arrangement of the Zr and Ti cations. We use the chemical rules obtained from density functional theory to create a phenomenological model to simulate PZT structures. We demonstrate how changes in the Zr/Ti composition give rise to phase transitions in PZT through changes in the populations of various local Pb atom environments.

Date: 2002
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