Seemingly, contradictory results have been reported so far for electrostriction in anodic oxides. Furthermore, no definitive agreement could be obtained with theory. In this paper, in situ techniques are combined to elucidate electrostriction in anodic niobium oxide. The dependence of strain, internal stress, and dielectric constant on the electric field is measured by, respectively, spectroscopic ellipsometry, curvature, and impedance measurements. The through-thickness strain is tensile and proportional to the square of the electric field. The in-plane internal stress is compressive and proportional to the square of the electric field at low field values. The internal stress is predicted relatively well by the Maxwell stress because of the weak dependence of the dielectric constant on the volume change of the oxide. The dielectric constant decreases with the electric field, the dependence being quadratic. While the evolution of the strain and stress with the electric field can be ascribed to the dependence of the dielectric constant on strain, the dependence of the dielectric constant on the electric field contains an explicit strain and electric field dependence. A mechanism for the latter is proposed.
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June 14 2012
Electromechanical coupling in anodic niobium oxide: Electric field-induced strain, internal stress, and dielectric response
Q. Van Overmeere;
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Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering, Université catholique de Louvain
, Place Sainte-Barbe 2, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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F. Blaffart;
F. Blaffart
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Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering, Université catholique de Louvain
, Place Sainte-Barbe 2, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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F. La Mantia;
F. La Mantia
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Center for Electrochemical Sciences-CES, Ruhr-Universität Bochum
, Universitätsstrasse 150, D-44780 Bochum, Germany
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F. Di Quarto;
F. Di Quarto
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Electrochemical Materials Science Laboratory at DICA, Università di Palermo
, 90128 Palermo, Italy
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J. Proost
J. Proost
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Institute of Mechanics, Materials and Civil Engineering, Université catholique de Louvain
, Place Sainte-Barbe 2, B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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J. Appl. Phys. 111, 113529 (2012)
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Received:
February 26 2012
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May 12 2012
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Q. Van Overmeere, F. Blaffart, F. La Mantia, F. Di Quarto, J. Proost; Electromechanical coupling in anodic niobium oxide: Electric field-induced strain, internal stress, and dielectric response. J. Appl. Phys. 1 June 2012; 111 (11): 113529. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4729319
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