Paraelectric-antiferroelectric phase coexistence in the deuteron glass Rb-0.5(N...

• Author(s): Lanceros-Méndez, S. ; Schmidt, V. H. ; Shapiro, S. A.
• Date: 2004
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/4362
• Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
• Subject(s): Coexistence; Antiferroelectrics; Neutron diffraction; Proton glass
• Document Type: Article
• Language: English

Description

Neutron diffraction was used to study the paraelectric (PE) to antiferroelectric (AFE) phase transition in a deuteron glass crystal Rb-0.5(ND4)(0.5)D(2)ASO(4) (DRADA-50). Coexistence of AFE and PE phases was proven in a temperature range 7-12 K wide.