| About this Abstract | 
   
    | Meeting | Materials Science & Technology 2020 | 
   
    | Symposium | Advances in Dielectric Materials and Electronic Devices | 
   
    | Presentation Title | Investigation of Relaxor-like Ferroelectrics in [Sc, Ta] Dipole-pair Substituted BaTiO<sub>3</sub> Ceramics | 
   
    | Author(s) | Benjamin  N.  Conley, Victoria  R.  Pellegrino, Wesley  D. Senn, William  J.  Hogan, Kaijie  Ning, Holly   Shulman, Steven   M. Pilgrim, Walter   A. Schulze, Steven   C. Tidrow | 
   
    | On-Site Speaker (Planned) | Victoria  R.  Pellegrino | 
   
    | Abstract Scope | Electronic devices like capacitors, sensors, transducers, filters, resonators, actuators, etc. can be made more robust and efficient using enhanced relaxor and relaxor-like ferroelectric material properties. Previous material studies based on morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) and polymorphic phase boundary (PPB) have yielded classic relaxor materials, including  PMN-PT; however for environmental reasons, Pb based materials need be replaced without reducing a possibly enhancing device properties. Dilute, low concentration, dipole-pair engineering is becoming a novel route for designing relaxor-like ferroelectric materials. In this work, microstructural, electric, dielectric, and optical properties of the [Sc, Ta] dipole-pair substituted BaTiO<sub>3</sub> ceramics are investigated and the unique relaxor-like behavior of these materials are reported. |