Crystal structure of Ln1/3NbO3 (Ln=Nd, Pr) and phase transition in Nd1/3NbO3

Journal of Solid State Chemistry

Volumn 180, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1846-1851

  Zhang, Zhaoming ^a   Howard, Christopher J ^a   Kennedy, Brendan J ^b   Knight, Kevin S ^c   Zhou, Qingdi ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cation vacancy ordering; Crystal structures; Neutron powder diffraction; Octahedral tilting; Perovskites; Phase transition

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NEODYMIUM COMPOUNDS; NEUTRON POWDER DIFFRACTION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POSITIVE IONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

CATION/VACANCY ORDERING; OCTAHEDRAL TILTING; ROOM TEMPERATURE; TETRAGONAL STRUCTURE;

PEROVSKITE;

EID: 34250212069     PISSN: 00224596     EISSN: 1095726X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jssc.2007.03.029     Document Type: Article

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