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Unexpected phase transition sequence in the ferroelectric Bi4Ti3O12.

ABSTRACT: The high-temperature phase behaviour of the ferroelectric layered perovskite Bi4Ti3O12 has been re-examined by high-resolution powder neutron diffraction. Previous studies, both experimental and theoretical, had suggested conflicting structural models and phase transition sequences, exacerbated by the complex interplay of several competing structural instabilities. This study confirms that Bi4Ti3O12 undergoes two separate structural transitions from the aristotype tetragonal phase (space group I4/mmm) to the ambient-temperature ferroelectric phase (confirmed as monoclinic, B1a1). An unusual, and previously unconsidered, intermediate paraelectric phase is suggested to exist above T C with tetragonal symmetry, space group P4/mbm. This phase is peculiar in displaying a unique type of octahedral tilting, in which the triple perovskite blocks of the layered structure alternate between tilted and untilted. This is rationalized in terms of the bonding requirements of the Bi3+ cations within the perovskite blocks.

SUBMITTER: Guo YY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6503926 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Unexpected phase transition sequence in the ferroelectric Bi<sub>4</sub>Ti<sub>3</sub>O<sub>12</sub>.

Guo Yuan-Yuan YY   Gibbs Alexandra S AS   Perez-Mato J Manuel JM   Lightfoot Philip P  

IUCrJ 20190409 Pt 3

The high-temperature phase behaviour of the ferroelectric layered perovskite Bi<sub>4</sub>Ti<sub>3</sub>O<sub>12</sub> has been re-examined by high-resolution powder neutron diffraction. Previous studies, both experimental and theoretical, had suggested conflicting structural models and phase transition sequences, exacerbated by the complex interplay of several competing structural instabilities. This study confirms that Bi<sub>4</sub>Ti<sub>3</sub>O<sub>12</sub> undergoes two separate structur  ...[more]

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