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Origin of polar nanoregions from displacive correlation in relaxor ferroelectric Pb(Mg<sub>1/3</sub>Nb<sub>2/3</sub>)O<sub>3</sub>–PbTiO<sub>3</sub>

Zhen Wang, Zheyi An, Jian Zhuang, Fei Li, Wei Ren, Zuo‐Guang Ye, Nan Zhang

Journal of Materials Chemistry C · 2022 · 12 citations · 33 references

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Abstract

The existence of polar nanoregions (PNRs) which are widely accepted as a key factor contributing to ultrahigh piezoelectricity in relaxor-ferroelectric solid solutions is found to originate from local displacive correlations.

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