X-ray scattering studies of the metastable ferroelectric phase in KDP induced by static electric field

Potassium dihydrogen phosphate presents a ferroelectric phase below 122 K and a paraelectric phase for T > 122 K. X-ray scattering measurements were performed in order to verify the mechanism of the phase transition from point group C2v19 to C2v¹19 at 119 K induced by DC electric field; in other...

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Main Authors: Claudio Marcio Rocha Remédios, Marcus Aurélio Ribeiro Miranda, José Marcos Sasaki, Josué Mendes-Filho, Paulo de Tarso Cavalcante Freire, Francisco Erivan de Abreu Melo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Metalurgia e Materiais (ABM); Associação Brasileira de Cerâmica (ABC); Associação Brasileira de Polímeros (ABPol) 2003-12-01
Series:Materials Research
Subjects:
KDP
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-14392003000400011