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Nanomechanical behavior of Pb(Fe0.5-xScxNb0.5)O3 multiferroic ceramics

  • Davinder Singh
  • , B. Mallesham
  • , Akshay Deshinge
  • , Kunal Joshi
  • , R. Ranjith
  • , Viswanath Balakrishnan

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Abstract

Nanomechanical behavior of Pb(Fe0.5-xScxNb0.5)O3 [(PFSN) (0 ≤ x ≤0.4)] was investigated with systematic variation in Sc content to capture the effect of doping induced structural phase transition on mechanical properties. Reduced modulus initially decreased with increase in doping concentration up to 0.2% of Sc content and then showed increment with further addition of Sc. In situ nanoindentation has been carried out from room temperature to 140 °C to measure the variation in reduced modulus and hardness values with temperature in Pb(Fe0.5Nb0.5)O3 without Sc addition. Hardness and reduced modulus values of Pb(Fe0.5Nb0.5)O3 were found increase from 60 to 100 °C indicating the role of phase transition.

Original languageEnglish
Article number116303
JournalMaterials Research Express
Volume5
Issue number11
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Nov 2018
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • hardness
  • mechanical properties
  • multiferroic
  • nanoindentation
  • phase transition

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