Delayed crack propagation in barium titanate single crystals in humid air

Bing Jiang; Yang Bai; Jiang Li Cao; Yanjing Su; San-Qiang Shi; Wuyang Chu; Lijie Qiao

doi:10.1063/1.2921136

Delayed crack propagation in barium titanate single crystals in humid air

Bing Jiang, Yang Bai, Jiang Li Cao, Yanjing Su, San-Qiang Shi, Wuyang Chu, Lijie Qiao

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Domain witching of ferroelectrics under mechanical or electric load in vacuum or dry air has been intensively studied. However, the effects of environments on the domain switching in ferroelectrics have not been well understood. Here, we demonstrate that domain configurations in BaTiO3single crystal under sustained load can be significantly affected by the humidity due to the decrease in surface energy and electrostatic energy upon adsorption of polar water molecules. Consequently, the crack propagation behaviors of the ferroelectrics under sustained load can be remarkably altered.

Original language	English
Article number	116102
Journal	Journal of Applied Physics
Volume	103
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2921136
Publication status	Published - 20 Jun 2008

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