Help for understand of spontaneous polarization in piezo

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Spontaneous polarization in piezo materials does exist and is crucial for their functionality. When a piezo disk is polarized and has electrodes connected without any external stress or electric field, the electric displacement D should indeed reflect the spontaneous polarization P0. However, the confusion arises because the constitutive equation indicates that D equals zero under these conditions, which seems contradictory. The key point is that while spontaneous polarization contributes to D, it may not be fully realized in the absence of an external field or stress. Understanding the relationship between spontaneous polarization and the applied conditions is essential for accurate analysis.
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dear all, I want to confirm whether there is spontaneous polarization in the piezo materials. I know the piezo materials need to be poled under high temperature and electric field before applications. So if there is spontaneous polarization, comes my following confusing.
Given a piezo disk with polarization along the thickness direction, with upper and bottom surface silver coated as electrodes. the spontaneous polarization of piezo disk is denoted as P0. When disk is in such a state, without any stress applied on it and the upper and bottom electrodes are connected. Then the stress and electric field in the piezo disk is zero. so from the constitutive equation:
      D=ε*E+d*T
(where D is electric displacement, ε is electric permittivity, E is electric field, d is piezoelectric coefficient and T is stress.), the D is 0 in the piezo disk in such a state. However, because of spontaneous polarization in the piezo disk the D should not be 0, it should be P0 ! What is wrong with my thought? I hope some help. Thanks!
 
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