Calcium orthovanadate, Ca3(VO4)2-a new high-temperature ferroelectric

Abstract

Ferroelectricity has been discovered in calcium vanadate. Large, transparent crystals have been grown by Czochralski pulling. Electrical 180° domains of millimeter dimensions are observed by etching as-grown crystals. The ferroelectric Curie temperature, Tc = 1383 K, has been determined from dielectric, thermal and pyroelectric studies.