2015 Volume 40 Issue 3 Pages 223-226
(111)-oriented tetragonal barium titante (BaTiO3, BT) ceramics with the degree of (111) orientation of 100 % were fabricated by sintering (001)-oriented hexagonal BT accumulations prepared by a magnetic field assisted electrophoretic deposition (EPD) method. Apparent piezoelectric constant d33* value calculated from the slope of a unipolar strain vs. electric field curve of the (111)-oriented tetragonal BT ceramics was 597 pm/V, which was larger than that of randomly oriented ceramics (d33* = 460 pm/V). This enhancement was associated with an electric field induced phase transition.