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Long-Range Order Effects in Ferroelectric Pb(Zr1/2Ti1/2)O3

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

G. Sághi-Szabó  and
Ronald E. Cohen
G. Sághi-Szabó
Affiliation:
Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Rd., N.W., Washington, DC 20015
Ronald E. Cohen
Affiliation:
Carnegie Institution of Washington, 5251 Broad Branch Rd., N.W., Washington, DC 20015
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Abstract

The local orbital extension of the Linearized Augmented Planewave (LAPW+LO) method within the local density and general gradient approximations was used to optimize internal coordinates and calculate total energies of Pb(Zri1/2Ti1/2)O3 (PZT) superlattices with B site cations ordered along the [001] and [111] directions. Ferroelectric structures and bond-length distributions similar to those obtained from experimental data were found for all three investigated chemically ordered phases. The Ti atom sits in an off-center position of a slightly distorted TiO6 octahedron, the structure of which is mostly independent of the chemical ordering pattern. Coupling between the Ti and Zr containing octahedra results in highly distorted ZrO6 units. This relatively high energy part of the structure could decrease the stability of these perovskite compounds against zone-boundary rotations of the BO6 octahedra. Polar, zone-center only distortions result in lower energy [111] ordered superstructures when compared to the [001] ordered structure. The lowest energy chemically ordered PZT is the one with B-site cations ordered along the [111] direction and has 14mm symmetry. Our total energy results and a simple statistical model predict a wide miscibility gap PZT at the morphotropic composition is therefore likely a multiphase or metastable material which may be responsible for its sensitivity to synthesis and annealing conditions.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 453: Symposium R – Solid State Chemistry of Inorganic Materials , 1996 , 191
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1997

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