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Influence of Cation Order on the Dielectric Properties of Pb(Mg\u3csub\u3e1/3\u3c/sub\u3eNb\u3csub\u3e2/3\u3c/sub\u3e)O\u3csub\u3e3\u3c/sub\u3e-Pb(Sc\u3csub\u3e1/2\u3c/sub\u3eNb\u3csub\u3e1/2\u3c/sub\u3e)O\u3csub\u3e3\u3c/sub\u3e (PMN-PSN) Relaxor Ferroelectrics
The effect of the B-site cation chemistry and ordering on the dielectric properties of solid solutions in the (1-x)Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-Pb(Sc1/2Nb1/2)O3 (PMN-PSN) perovskite system was examined in samples with 0.1 ≤ x ≤ 0.9. Thermal annealing treatments were effective in inducing long-range B-site order in the samples within this compositional range. The well-ordered, large chemical domain ceramics exhibit relaxor behavior up to x = ~0.5; for higher values of x, normal ferroelectric behavior was observed. For x ≤ 0.5 reductions in the chemical domain, size had no significant effect on the weak-field dielectric properties, but induced a transition to relaxor behavior for x \u3e ~0.6. The disordered PSN-rich samples undergo a spontaneous zero-field relaxor to ferroelectric transition similar to that reported previously for PSN. The field-dependent properties of compositions lying closest to the relaxor to ferroelectric crossover exhibited the highest sensitivity to alterations in the chemical order. The properties of this system are consistent with a random site description of the 1:1 ordered Pb(β′1/2 β1/2)O3 structure with β′ = (Mg(2-2x)/3Nb(1-x)/3Scx) and β″ = Nb
Geometric and homological finiteness in free abelian covers
We describe some of the connections between the Bieri-Neumann-Strebel-Renz
invariants, the Dwyer-Fried invariants, and the cohomology support loci of a
space X. Under suitable hypotheses, the geometric and homological finiteness
properties of regular, free abelian covers of X can be expressed in terms of
the resonance varieties, extracted from the cohomology ring of X. In general,
though, translated components in the characteristic varieties affect the
answer. We illustrate this theory in the setting of toric complexes, as well as
smooth, complex projective and quasi-projective varieties, with special
emphasis on configuration spaces of Riemann surfaces and complements of
hyperplane arrangements.Comment: 30 pages; to appear in Configuration Spaces: Geometry, Combinatorics
and Topology (Centro De Giorgi, 2010), Edizioni della Normale, Pisa, 201
Cation Ordering in Pb(Mg\u3csub\u3e1/3\u3c/sub\u3eNb\u3csub\u3e2/3\u3c/sub\u3e)O\u3csub\u3e3\u3c/sub\u3e–Pb(Sc\u3csub\u3e1/2\u3c/sub\u3eNb\u3csub\u3e1/2\u3c/sub\u3e)O\u3csub\u3e3\u3c/sub\u3e (PMN–PSN) Solid Solutions
Extended thermal annealing treatments were used to modify the B-site cation order in the (1 - x)PMN–xPSN perovskite system (where PMN is lead magnesium niobate, Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3, and PSN is lead scandium niobate, Pb(Sc1/2Nb1/2)O3). Extensive 1:1 ordering could be induced in compositions with x ≧ 0.1. The substitution of PSN into PMN produced a large increase in the thermal stability of the 1:1 ordered phase, with the maximum disordering temperature of ~1360oC being observed for the x = 0.5 composition. By monitoring the change in the degree of order with temperature, the order–disorder boundary for the PMN–PSN system was established and the transition temperature for pure PMN was estimated to be ~950oC. The changes in stability across the system were consistent with the random-site description of the cation order. The change in enthalpy associated with the ordering was affected by the size difference of the two ordered cation sites and by the size and charge mismatch of the metal cations that occupy the random-site position
Multiple high voltage output DC-to-DC power converter
Disclosed is a multiple output DC-to-DC converter. The DC input power is filtered and passed through a chopper preregulator. The chopper output is then passed through a current source inverter controlled by a squarewave generator. The resultant AC is passed through the primary winding of a transformer, with high voltages induced in a plurality of secondary windings. The high voltage secondary outputs are each solid-state rectified for passage to individual output loads. Multiple feedback loops control the operation of the chopper preregulator, one being responsive to the current through the primary winding and another responsive to the DC voltage level at a selected output
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