Simultaneous measurement of X-ray powder diffraction and ferroelectric polarisation data as a function of applied electric field at a range of frequencies

Stephanie Ryding, Robert Cernik, Jenny Wooldridge, Timothy Burnett, Mark Stewart, Carlo Vecchini, Markys G Cain, Alistair Lennie, Fajin Yuan, Chiu Tang, Paul Thompson

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    Abstract

    A variable frequency ferroelec. polarization measurement system was designed and built at the UK's Diamond Light Source. The elec. field induced phase transitions in Pb(Zr1-xTix)O3 (PZT) were used to test the facility via in-situ measurements of elec. polarization and XRD. Stroboscopic and real time data collection methods on polycryst. samples were employed as a function of frequency to det. the dynamic ferroelec. response. The system was shown to deliver XRD patterns of good statistical quality measured over 40 points of a ferroelec. PE loop. The system is now available on station I11 as a user facility at the Diamond Light Source. [on SciFinder(R)]
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)S220-S227
    Number of pages8
    JournalPowder Diffr.
    Volume28
    Issue numberS2
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Sept 2013

    Keywords

    • Electric field effects
    • Phase transition (elec. field-induced phase transitions in lead zirconium titanate in relation to ferroelec. polarization)
    • Ferroelectricity
    • Powder x-ray diffraction (simultaneous measurement of x-ray powder diffraction and ferroelec. polarization data as a function of applied elec. field at a range of frequencies)
    • xray powder diffraction ferroelec polarization elec field frequency titanate

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