| Literature DB >> 23002887 |
R G Burkovsky1, Yu A Bronwald, A V Filimonov, A I Rudskoy, D Chernyshov, A Bosak, J Hlinka, X Long, Z-G Ye, S B Vakhrushev.
Abstract
Complementary diffuse and inelastic synchrotron x-ray scattering measurements of lead zirconate-titanate single crystals with composition near the morphotropic phase boundary (x=0.475) are reported. In the temperature range 293 K<T<400 K a highly anisotropic quasielastic diffuse scattering is observed. Above 400 K this scattering disappears. Its main features can be reproduced by the model of inhomogeneous lattice deformations caused by inclusions of a tetragonal phase into a rhombohedral or monoclinic phase. This observation supports the idea that PZT at its morphotropic phase boundary is essentially structurally inhomogeneous.Entities:
Year: 2012 PMID: 23002887 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.109.097603
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Rev Lett ISSN: 0031-9007 Impact factor: 9.161