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Diffusive phase transitions in ferroelectrics and antiferroelectrics

Materials Science 2009-11-10 v1

Abstract

In this paper, we present a microscopic model for heterogeneous ferroelectric and an order parameter for relaxor phase. We write a Landau theory based on this model and its application to ferroelectric PbFe1/2_{1/2}Ta1/2_{1/2}O3_3 (PFT) and antiferroelectric NaNbO3_3:Gd. We later discuss the coupling between soft mode and domain walls, soft mode and quasi-local vibration and resulting susceptibility function.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0302496,
  title  = {Diffusive phase transitions in ferroelectrics and antiferroelectrics},
  author = {S. A. Prosandeev and I. P. Raevski and U. V. Waghmare},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0302496},
  year   = {2009}
}

Comments

6 pages, Fundamental physics of ferroelectrics 2003