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A Study Of Domain Boundary Structures In Lead Titanate Single Crystals

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  25 February 2011

C. C. Chou ,
J. Li  and
C. M. Wayman
C. C. Chou
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801.
J. Li
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801.
C. M. Wayman
Affiliation:
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61801.
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Abstract

Domain boundary structures of flux-grown poly-domain lead titanate single crystals have been studied using transmission electron microscopy. 90° and 180° domain boundaries were seen in the crystals and were systematically analyzed under various diffraction conditions. Although 90° domain boundaries are supposely δ-type boundaries in BaTiO3, our results show that displacement plays an important role at boundaries and the extreme fringe contrast (EFC) behavior of 90° boundaries is of the mixed type. In the present work, an analysis based upon the two beam dynamical theory was conducted and a rule similar to stacking-fault contrast analysis was established to predict the geometric configuration of a 180° domain boundary using EFC behavior. Examples are given and verified by tilting experiments and electron diffraction. The results are consistent and offer a convenient way to distinguish between 90° and 180° boundaries.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 238: Symposium Cb – Structure and Properties of Interfaces in Materials , 1991 , 829
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1992

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