Origin of Diffuse Scattering in Relaxor Ferroelectrics

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2009-08-17

arxiv.org/abs/0908.2373v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

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High-pressure and variable temperature single crystal synchrotron X-ray measurements combined with first-principles based molecular dynamics simulations study diffuse scattering in the relaxor ferroelectric system PSN (PbSc$_{1/2}$Nb$_{1/2}$O$_3$). Constant temperature experiments show pressure induced transition to the relaxor phase at different temperatures characterized by butterfly and rod shaped diffuse scattering around the $\{$h00$\}$ and $\{$hh0$\}$ Bragg spots, respectively. The simulations reproduce the observed diffuse scattering features as well as their pressure-temperature behavior, and show that they arise from polarization correlations between chemically-ordered regions, which in previous simulations were shown to behave as polar nanoregions. Simulations also exhibit radial diffuse scattering (elongated towards and away from {\bf Q}=(000)), that persists even in the paraelectric phase, consistent with previous neutron experiments on (PbMg$_{1/3}$Nb$_{2/3}$O$_3$) (PMN)

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