Volume 91, Issue 2 pp. 483-501
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The Direct Observation of “Discommensurations” in Barium Sodium Niobate (BSN) and Its Homologues

G. van Tendeloo

G. van Tendeloo

Rijksuniversitair Centrum Antwerpen

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S. Amelinckx

S. Amelinckx

Rijksuniversitair Centrum Antwerpen

Also at S.C.K./C.E.N., B-2400 Md, Belgium.

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C. Manolikas

C. Manolikas

University of Thessaloniki

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Wen Shulin

Wen Shulin

Shangai Institute of Ceramics

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First published: 16 October 1985
Citations: 65

Work performed under the auspices of the association R.U.C.A.–S.C.K. and with financial support of IIKW, Brussels.

Dedicated to Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Dr. E. h. P. Görlich on the occasion of his 80th birthday

Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerpen, Belgium.

Abstract

en

Electron microscopic evidence is presented for the presence of discommensuration walls in incommensurate ferro-electric-ferro-elastic Ba2NaNb5O15 and its homologues Sr2KNb5O15 and Pb2KNb5O15. The displacement vector of the discommensuration walls is one fourth of a lattice vector of the orthorhombic commensurate superstructure, explaining the typical coalescence pattern of the discommensuration dislocations. The magnitude of the incommensurability is consistent with the density of discommensuration walls. Similarities and differences between the homologues are pointed out.

Abstract

de

Elektronenmikroskopische Hinweise für die Anwesenheit von Diskommensurationswänden in inkommensurablem ferroelektrisch-ferroelastischem Ba2NaNb5O15 und seinen Homologen Sr2KNb5O15 und Pb2KNb5O15 werden gegeben. Der Verschiebungsvektor der Diskommensurations-wände beträgt ein Viertel eines Gittervektors der rhombischen kommensurablen Superstruktur und erklärt das typische Koaleszenzdiagramm der Diskommensurationsversetzungen. Die Größe der Inkommensurabilität ist mit der Dichte der Diskommensurationswände konsistent. Ähnlichkeiten und Unterschiede zwischen den Homologen werden aufgezeigt.

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