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Phonons from neutron powder diffraction
The spherically averaged structure function \soq obtained from pulsed
neutron powder diffraction contains both elastic and inelastic scattering via
an integral over energy. The Fourier transformation of \soq to real space, as
is done in the pair density function (PDF) analysis, regularizes the data, i.e.
it accentuates the diffuse scattering. We present a technique which enables the
extraction of off-center phonon information from powder diffraction experiments
by comparing the experimental PDF with theoretical calculations based on
standard interatomic potentials and the crystal symmetry. This procedure
(dynamics from powder diffraction(DPD)) has been successfully implemented for
two systems, a simple metal, fcc Ni, and an ionic crystal, CaF. Although
computationally intensive, this data analysis allows for a phonon based
modeling of the PDF, and additionally provides off-center phonon information
from powder neutron diffraction
The polarizability model for ferroelectricity in perovskite oxides
This article reviews the polarizability model and its applications to
ferroelectric perovskite oxides. The motivation for the introduction of the
model is discussed and nonlinear oxygen ion polarizability effects and their
lattice dynamical implementation outlined. While a large part of this work is
dedicated to results obtained within the self-consistent-phonon approximation
(SPA), also nonlinear solutions of the model are handled which are of interest
to the physics of relaxor ferroelectrics, domain wall motions, incommensurate
phase transitions. The main emphasis is to compare the results of the model
with experimental data and to predict novel phenomena.Comment: 55 pages, 35 figure
Chemical Bonding in Solids
This chapter discusses the various classes of hydride compounds, with a special focus on saline and metallic hydrides as well as oxyhydrides. It includes the following topics: thermodynamic stability, crystal chemistry, synthesis, and physical properties. The chapter also highlights recent progress in understanding hydride ion mobility in alkaline earth hydrides. It further deals with hydride compounds and in particular those containing alkali, alkaline earth, and transition and rare earth metals. The saline hydrides, that is, AH and AeH2 (with A=Li, Na, K, Rb, and Cs; Ae=Mg, Ca, Sr, and Ba) are proper ionic materials, in which hydrogen is present as hydride anions, Hâ. Saline hydrides show many similarities with their halide analogues, especially concerning crystal and electronic structures and, perhaps to a lesser extent, physical attributes such as brittleness, hardness, and optical properties
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