Research Paper

Spontaneous Polarization of BaTiO3 at Low Temperatures

  • CAI Yu-Ping ,
  • NING Ru-Yun ,
  • HAN Dai-Zhao
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  • Department of Basic Courses, Ordnance Engineering College, Shijiazhuang 050003, China

Received date: 2005-11-21

  Revised date: 2006-04-20

  Online published: 2007-01-20

Abstract

The pressure-temperature phase diagram of BaTiO3 was investigated by using a modification of the standard Landau potential to take account of quantum saturation of the order parameter. At low temperatures, each phase boundary bends sharply down, and this non-linear behavior is associated with quantum mechanical effects. Saturation temperature θs characterizes the extent of quantum mechanical, and is related to the extent to which changes in the hard phonon modes influence the transition mechanism.

Cite this article

CAI Yu-Ping , NING Ru-Yun , HAN Dai-Zhao . Spontaneous Polarization of BaTiO3 at Low Temperatures[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2007 , 22(1) : 89 -92 . DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1077.2007.00089

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