Fabrication of PMN- PZT Transparent Ceramics by Two-Stage Sintering.

Autor: Ruan, Wei, Li, Guorong, Zeng, Jiangtao, Kamzina, Liudmila S., Zeng, Huarong, Zheng, Liaoying, Ding, Aili, Mchenry, D.
Zdroj: Journal of the American Ceramic Society; Jul2012, Vol. 95 Issue 7, p2103-2106, 4p
Abstrakt: Highly optically transparent ceramics of (1− x) Pb( Mg1/3 Nb2/3) O3- x Pb( Zr0.53, Ti0.47) O3 ( PMN- PZT) were fabricated by a two-stage sintering method without La-modification. The ceramics exhibited high optical transparency (64% at 1500 nm) for visible and near infrared wavelength. The ferroelectric domain and microstructure of PMN- PZT transparent ceramics prepared were also investigated. Fully dense microstructure was observed in all PMN- PZT transparent ceramic samples. Higher PMN containing compositions exhibited pyrochlore phase and relatively lower transparency for near infrared wavelengths. Fine and irregular fingerprint ferroelectric domains were observed in all PMN- PZT compositions except in the PMN- PZT 67/33 composition that had dense microstructure and pure perovskite phase. This PMN- PZT 67/33 composition exhibited the lowest transparency (40% at 1500 nm) with large-scale macrodomain structure. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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