Host: The Ceramic Society of Japan
We have investigated the ferroelectric/piezoelectric properties of novel (Bi0.5Na0.5)TiO3-based solid-solution single crystals.Ceramics and single crystals of (Bi0.5Na0.5)TiO3-Bi(Zn0.5Ti0.5)O3 (BNT-BZT) were successfully obtained by a flux method, and their polarization/piezoelectric properties were investigated along [100]Cubic at 25oC. BNT-BZT crystals showed a clear piezoelectric butterfly loop with a strain maximum / electric-field maximum (Smax/Emax) of 136 pm/V. These results suggest that BZT act as an effective end member of the solid solution with BNT.