Domain configurations in BaTiO 3 single crystals grown from high temperature solution

Abstract
BaTiO3 single crystals were grown by the TSSG technique and the spatial domain configurations in the tetragonal crystals were observed by using polarizing microscope, SEM, TEM, and x-ray topography. All the straight boundaries in the observed domain patterns, even in the herring bone structure, can be interpreted as the head-to-tail 90° walls. After thinning and polishing (001) crystal plates, some 90° a-c boundaries are disappeared and a-domains become predominant. It is resulted from the ferroelastic property of this crystal. The irregular overlapped boundaries can be observed by using polarizing microscope and x-ray topography.

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