Effect of SHI irradiation on NBT-BT ceramics: Transformation of relaxor ferroelectric to ferroelectric nature

▸ The NBT-BT ceramics at MPB were synthesized by conventional solid state reaction method. ▸ The prepared ceramics were irradiated with 120 MeV Au9+ ions at different fluencies. ▸ The grain size is increased after irradiation due to the increase of local lattice temperature. ▸ As the fluence increases the relaxor nature of the material is transformed to the ferroelectric nature.