Journal of Materials Science, Vol.49, No.5, 2213-2224, 2014
Orientation, stress, and strain in an (001) barium titanate single crystal with 90A degrees lamellar domains determined using electron backscatter diffraction
The orientation, stress, and strain in a single crystal of barium titanate (BaTiO3), containing relatively large (0.5-14.5 mu m), parallel, lamellar domains, have been determined and mapped using electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD). The strain distribution in the single crystal was determined using cross-correlation analysis of the EBSD patterns. Strain in the (001) single crystal was dominated by strain in the minority a-domain bands with peak values of -0.006 determined in the surface plane, perpendicular to the intersection of the domain walls with the crystal surface, compared to +0.002 in the same direction for the majority c-domains. The out-of-plane strains were negatively correlated with the in-plane strains and were about a factor of two smaller. The experimentally determined strains peak at domain boundaries and suggest a contraction of the c-axis and an expansion of one of the a-axes as the domain wall is approached. The ratios of the in-plane and out-of-plane strains were consistent with the bulk elastic constants of BaTiO3. Stress values determined from the strains and the elastic constants peaked at 400 MPa.