Effects of disorder on properties of non-conventionally prepared barium titanate

Barium titanaten (BaTiO3) nanoparticles were prepared by non-conventional as well as conventional solid state reaction. A better response about the grain size distribution was obtained in the former. The former was then milled to get grains of successive reduced sizes. The defects induced within the samples were studies by positron annihilation spectroscopy. The effect of defects on dielectric property of sample with finest grains was measured. Dielectric stability with temperature was increased with decreasing grain size and the peak was shifted towards the lower value due to the enhancement of grain boundary defects generated due to milling for long time.