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The characterrization of high temperature solution-grown single crystals of Pb(Fe1/2Nb1/2)O3

Published inFerroelectrics, vol. 37, no. 1, p. 547-550
Publication date1981
Abstract

Polarization microscope studies on single crystal samples of Pb(Fe1/2Nb1/2)O3 (PFN) have been made. Thin platelets (<60 μ) show large, homogeneous ferroelectrics domains, and optical characterization shows that PFN is trigonal at room temperature and optically negative. Birefringence measurements between 4.2 and 400 K reveal that the transition to the cubic structure takes place at 383 K, in accordance with earlier work, but they also locate a previously undetected structural modification at 354 K, accompanied simultaneously by a reorientation of the index ellipsoid; both transitions manifest themselves by endothermic reactions on heating in DTA experiments. The new phase is very likely monoclinic.

Keywords
  • Ferroelectric domain (in lead iron niobium oxide single crystals)
  • Birefringence (of lead iron niobium oxide single crystals, structure transition in relation to)
Funding
  • Swiss National Science Foundation - 1980
Citation (ISO format)
BRUNSKILL, Ian Hedley, SCHMID, Hans, TISSOT, Paul. The characterrization of high temperature solution-grown single crystals of Pb(Fe1/2Nb1/2)O3. In: Ferroelectrics, 1981, vol. 37, n° 1, p. 547–550. doi: 10.1080/00150198108223482
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