Evidence for another low-temperature phase transition in tetragonal Pb(ZrxTi1x)O3 (x=0.515,0.520)

Ragini, S. K. Mishra, Dhananjai Pandey, Herman Lemmens, and G. Van Tendeloo
Phys. Rev. B 64, 054101 – Published 29 June 2001
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Abstract

Results of dielectric and resonance frequency (fr) measurements below room temperature are presented for Pb(ZrxTi1x)O3, x=0.515 and 0.520. It is shown that the temperature coefficient of fr changes sign from negative to positive around 210 and 265 K for x=0.520 and 200 and 260 K for x=0.515. Anomalies in the real part of the dielectric constant (ɛ) are observed around the same temperatures at which the temperature coefficient of fr changes sign because of the electrostrictive coupling between the elastic and dielectric responses. Low-temperature powder x-ray-diffraction (XRD) data, however, reveal only one transition from the tetragonal to monoclinic phase similar to that reported by Noheda et al. [Phys. Rev. B, 61, 8687 (2000)]. Electron-diffraction data, on the other hand, reveal yet another structural transition at lower temperatures corresponding to the second anomaly in the ɛ vs T and fr vs T curves. This second transition is shown to be a cell-doubling transition not observed by Noheda et al. in their XRD studies. The observation of superlattice reflections raises doubts about the correctness of the Cm space group proposed by Noheda et al. for the monoclinic phase of Pb(ZrxTi1x)O3 below the second transition temperature.

  • Received 4 May 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.64.054101

©2001 American Physical Society

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Ragini, S. K. Mishra, and Dhananjai Pandey

  • School of Materials Science and Technology, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi-221005, India

Herman Lemmens and G. Van Tendeloo

  • Electron Microscopy for Materials Research, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan, 171, B-2020, Antwerp, Belgium

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Vol. 64, Iss. 5 — 1 August 2001

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