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Universal Phase Diagram for High-Piezoelectric Perovskite Systems
Strong piezoelectricity in the perovskite-type PbZr(1-x)TixO3 (PZT) and
Pb(Zn1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 (PZN-PT) systems is generally associated with the
existence of a morphotropic phase boundary (MPB) separating regions with
rhombohedral and tetragonal symmetry. An x-ray study of PZN-9%PT has revealed
the presence of a new orthorhombic phase at the MPB, and a near-vertical
boundary between the rhombohedral and orthorhombic phases, similar to that
found for PZT between the rhombohedral and monoclinic phases. We discuss the
results in the light of a recent theoretical paper by Vanderbilt and Cohen,
which attributes these low-symmetry phases to the high anharmonicity in these
oxide systems.Comment: REVTeX file. 4 pages,=A0 4 figures embedde
Morphological Effects of Glycosaminoglycans on Calcium Oxalate Monohydrate Crystals
The effects of individual glycosaminoglycan (GAG) species on calcium oxalate monohydrate (COM) crystal growth were studied in vitro by the observation of crystal morphology grown in a supersaturated calcium oxalate solution in the presence of GAGs using optical and scanning electron microscopes. GAGs affected the morphology of COM crystals differently depending on the species. The growth rates of the crystals formed in the presence of chondroitin-6-sulfate (ChS-C) were higher in length and lower in width and thickness than those of control crystals. The incorporation of dermatan sulfate or heparin into the crystals formed in the presence of these GAGs was revealed by X-ray microanalysis, whereas ChS-C was not detected in the crystals grown with it. The experiment using dicarboxylates, as a simple model of GAG molecules, showed that a distance between the side groups was important for their morphological effects. These findings suggested that the different effects of GAGs on the crystal morphology resulted from the differences in their interaction modes with COM crystal faces, that is, the differences in their binding behavior, their inhibition modes of crystal growth, and other roles played after binding to the crystals
Spin Correlations in the Two-Dimensional Spin-5/2 Heisenberg Antiferromagnet Rb2MnF4
We report a neutron scattering study of the instantaneous spin correlations
in the two-dimensional spin S=5/2 square-lattice Heisenberg antiferromagnet
Rb_2MnF_4. The measured correlation lengths are quantitatively described, with
no adjustable parameters, by high-temperature series expansion results and by a
theory based on the quantum self-consistent harmonic approximation. Conversely,
we find that the data, which cover the range from about 1 to 50 lattice
constants, are outside of the regime corresponding to renormalized classical
behavior of the quantum non-linear sigma model. In addition, we observe a
crossover from Heisenberg to Ising critical behavior near the Neel temperature;
this crossover is well described by a mean-field model with no adjustable
parameters.Comment: 8 pages, LaTeX, with 6 included EPS figures, submitted to EPJ
An Anomalous Phase in the Relaxor Ferroelectric Pb(ZnNb)O
X-ray diffraction studies on a Pb(ZnNb)O (PZN) single
crystal sample show the presence of two different structures. An outer-layer
exists in the outer most 10 to 50~m of the crystal, and undergoes a
structural phase transition at the Curie temperature K. The
inside phase is however, very different. The lattice inside the crystal
maintains a cubic unit cell, while ferroelectric polarization develops below
. The lattice parameter of the cubic unit cell remains virtually a
constant, i.e., much less variations compared to that of a typical relaxor
ferroelectric, in a wide temperature range of 15 K to 750 K. On the other hand,
broadening of Bragg peaks and change of Bragg profile line-shapes in both
longitudinal and transverse directions at clearly indicate a structural
phase transition occurring.Comment: to be submitted for PR
Anisotropy of the incommensurate fluctuations in Sr2RuO4: a study with polarized neutrons
The anisotropy of the magnetic incommensurate fluctuations in Sr2RuO4 has
been studied by inelastic neutron scattering with polarized neutrons. We find a
sizeable enhancement of the out of plane component by a factor of two for
intermediate energy transfer which appears to decrease for higher energies. Our
results qualitatively confirm calculations of the spin-orbit coupling, but the
experimental anisotropy and its energy dependence are weaker than predicted.Comment: 4 pages, 4 figure
3)Soft Zone-Boundary Phonon Modes in CsPbCl_3
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Intercalation and Staging Behavior in Super-Oxygenated
A high temperature electrochemical oxidation process has been used to produce
large single crystals of suitable for neutron scattering
experiments. Below room temperature the oxygen-rich phases have structural
superlattice scattering peaks which indicate new periodicities ranging from 2
to 6.6 layers perpendicular to the copper oxide planes. A model structure
originally proposed for can account for the superlattice
peaks as a result of anti-phase domain boundaries between different tilt
directions of the CuO octahedra. Within this model, the changes in CuO
tilt directions are induced by segregated layers of interstitial oxygen which
order in a manner similar to intercalants in graphite. This structural model
thus clarifies previous work and establishes as a unique
lamellar superconducting system with annealed disorder.Comment: 23 pages, latex, 6 figures (not including Figures 2 & 7 and Table 1
which were not submitted but are available upon request to the Authors at:
[email protected]
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