M. Pintard

P–T phase diagram of PbZr0.52Ti0.48O3 (PZT)

Abstract The important piezoelectric material, lead zirconate titanate perovskite PbZr0.52Ti0.48O3 (PZT) was investigated as a function of pressure and temperature by Raman spectroscopy. At ambient pressure, the transition between the low-temperature and high-temperature ferroelectric monoclinic phases occurs near 210 K and is followed by transformation to the tetragonal phase at close to 305 K. The critical pressure for the transition to the disordered polar cubic phase increases with decreasing temperature from 5 GPa at 298 K to 9 GPa at 44 K. The ferroelectric monoclinic phases thus have an extended stability range at low temperatures and high pressure. A strong Raman spectrum is obtained for the cubic phase at high pressure over the temperature range between 44 and 298 K indicating the presence of polar nanodomains. A P–T phase diagram of this material is proposed based on the present results.

High-Pressure Structural and Vibrational Study of PbZr0.40Ti0.60O3

The high-pressure structure and dynamics of PbZr0.40Ti0.60O3 were investigated by means of neutron diffraction, X-ray diffraction, and resonance Raman spectroscopy. The complex (P4mm, Cm, Cc, F1, F1) phase transition sequence is characterized by these techniques. On the basis of the results of structure refinements, the high-pressure behavior of the spontaneous polarization, the (Zr,Ti)O6 rotation angles, and the polarization rotation angle are obtained. Moreover, resonance Raman spectra combined with previous Raman data in the literature provide evidence that the pressure-induced transition to the monoclinic Cm space group and the above transition sequence terminating in a paraelectric state are general features of Pb(Zr(1-x)Ti(x))O3 (0.48 < or = x < or = 1).