Extrinsic contributions to piezoelectric Rayleigh behavior in morphotropic PbTiO₃ - BiScO₃

In situ, high-energy, time-resolved X-ray diffraction experiments are utilized to quantify contributions from non-180° domain wall motion to the macroscopic electromechanical coupling effect in the morphotropic phase boundary composition 0.64PbTiO₃-0.36BiScO₃ during the application of weak electric field amplitudes. Macroscopic piezoelectric coefficient measurements are compared with diffraction data. The results demonstrate a linear contribution of electric-field-amplitude-dependent non-180° domain wall motion at small field amplitudes, and therefore domain wall motion contributes directly to the Rayleigh behavior of piezoelectric coefficients.