Ferroelectric and relaxor ferroelectric to paralectric transition based on Lead Magnesium Niobate (PMN) materials

Abstract

First ferroelectric materials were found in Rochelle salt was in a perovskite structure. Lead Magnesium Niobate (PMN) is a perovskites with a formula of PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3 (PMN) and are typical representatives for most of all ferroelectrics materials with relaxor characteristic. It posses high dielectric permittivity which nearly ~ 20,000[1] with a broad dielectric permittivity characteristic, known as relaxor ferroelectric below room temperature. Some of the researcher might think that the transition from relaxor ferroelectric to paraelectric is similar to the characteristic as observed from ferroelectric to paraelectric, but it is not necessary. The puzzling is how do we categorise them. How is the domain structure look like typically in ceramic materials.