November 12, 2010
Author(s)
Daniel P. Phelan, X. Long, Y. Xie, Z.-G. Ye, A. M. Glazer, H. Yokota, P. A. Thomas, Peter M. Gehring
Neutron diffraction measurements were performed on single crystals of PbZr 1¿xTi xO 3 (PZT)with x=0.325 and x=0.460. The data refute the thesis that the ferroelectric phases of PZT within this composition range, all of which are strongly piezoelectric, are