Order-disorder behavior in the phase transition of pbti03

B. Ravel, N. Sicron, Y. Yacoby, E. A. Stern, F. Dogan, J. J. Rehr

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Abstract

We have quantitatively measured the temperature dependence of the local distortions of PbTiO, crystals below and above the structural ferroelectric phase transition using X-ray Absorption Fine Structure (XAFS) measurements. Both Pb and Ti edges were measured, providing quantitative determinations of the displacements of the atoms within the unit cell. These distortions vary little with temperature below the transition and decrease only slightly above the transition temperature. In the paraelectric phase, the Pb and Ti distortions are about 50% and 70% of the corresponding low temperature values respectively. These results show that an essential element of order-disorder is present even in this ferroelectric crystal which displays the soft mode behavior and a dielectric constant typical of displacive ferroelectrics. The presence of the local distortions suggests that the displacements should have at least two correlation length scales, one associated with the local distortions, the other with the order parameter.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)265-277
Number of pages13
JournalFerroelectrics
Volume164
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Feb 1995
Externally publishedYes

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by DOE Grant No. DE-FG06-90ER4525 and by NSF Grant No. 9200348. Our experiments were performed at NSLS Beamline Xll-A, which is supported by DOE Grant No. DE-FG05-89ER45384. We wish to thank M. Newville and Y. Zhang for their assistance in collecting data, M. Wilber for his help with the manuscript, and Dr. R. Cohen, and Profs. I. Bersuker, D. Thouless, and B. Spivak for stimulating discussion.

Funding

This work was supported in part by DOE Grant No. DE-FG06-90ER4525 and by NSF Grant No. 9200348. Our experiments were performed at NSLS Beamline Xll-A, which is supported by DOE Grant No. DE-FG05-89ER45384. We wish to thank M. Newville and Y. Zhang for their assistance in collecting data, M. Wilber for his help with the manuscript, and Dr. R. Cohen, and Profs. I. Bersuker, D. Thouless, and B. Spivak for stimulating discussion.

FundersFunder number
National Science Foundation9200348, DE-FG05-89ER45384
U.S. Department of EnergyDE-FG06-90ER4525

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