Neutron diffuse scattering of (1 − x)(Na0.5Bi0.5)TiO3–xBaTiO3 relaxor ferroelectric single crystals.

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Peculiar L-shaped diffuse streaks along pc were observed in (Na0.5Bi0.5)TiO3 (NBT) below the Burns temperature, revealing the existence of polar nanoregions (PNRs). The displacement of Bi3+ cations is ∼0.26 Å along pc in the PNRs, with a size of ∼13 Å in NBT. The BaTiO3 doping drives the diffuse scattering patterns to evolve from the L-shape into an ellipsoidal along pc in (Na0.5Bi0.5)TiO3–xBaTiO3. An abnormally large correlation length was observed in the morphotropic phase boundary composition with x = 0.05. © 2014 Acta Materialia Inc. Published by Elsevier Ltd. on behalf of Acta Materialia Inc. All rights reserved

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