In-situtransmission electron microscopy study of phase transformations in KNbO3perovskite
- 1 January 1997
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Philosophical Magazine Letters
- Vol. 75 (1) , 1-6
- https://doi.org/10.1080/095008397179840
Abstract
KNbO3 undergoes the phase transformations cubic (Pm3m) →tetragonal (P4mm2) →orthorhombic (Bmm2) at 438°C and 234°C respectively. The cubic →tetragonal transformation is accompanied by a paraelectric →ferroelectric phase transition in the crystal. It is preceded by the appearance of o microdomains at 440°C and occurs with characteristic features of a first-order displacive transformation temperature hysteresis, temperature-dependent growth and orientation relationship with the orientation relationship {110}c‖{110}t and (001)c|(001)t. On the other hand, the tetragonal →orthorhombic phase transformation takes place at exactly 234°C with a front that swept through the thin foil once the transformation was initiated. It occurs with the orientation relationship [001[c‖[001]o and (100)t‖(100)o. The cubic-to-tetragonal transformation involves a purely dilatational mechanism along the principal axes of the cubic phase while the tetragonal-to-orthorhombic transformation involves a shear along the diagonal of the tetragonal phase.Keywords
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