Title :
Domain Engineering of Silver Lithium Niobate Single Crystals and Their Piezoelectric Properties
Author :
Wada, S. ; Yokoh, K. ; Muraishi, T. ; Hoshina, T. ; Kakemoto, H. ; Tsurumi, T. ; Moriyoshi, C. ; Kuroiwa, Y.
Author_Institution :
Univ. of Yamanashi, Kofu
Abstract :
Silver lithium niobate (Ag1-xLixNbO3 ALN) single crystals with Li contents of 10 and 12.5 mol% were successfully grown by a slow cooling method. The high-energy X-ray diffraction measurement revealed that the crystal structures of both ALN10 and ALN12.5 were assigned to the coexistence between orthorhombic Pc21b and rhombohedral R3m phases. Their piezoelectric properties were investigated as a function of crystallographic direction and Li content.
Keywords :
X-ray diffraction; crystal structure; lithium compounds; piezoelectric materials; silver compounds; Ag1-xLixNbO3; X-ray diffraction; crystal structures; crystallographic direction; piezoelectric properties; silver lithium niobate single crystals; Biomedical engineering; Ceramics; Cooling; Crystals; Environmentally friendly manufacturing techniques; Lithium niobate; Materials science and technology; Powders; Silver; Temperature;
Conference_Titel :
Applications of Ferroelectrics, 2007. ISAF 2007. Sixteenth IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Nara
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1334-8
Electronic_ISBN :
1099-4734
DOI :
10.1109/ISAF.2007.4393266
