Quantitative High-Dynamic-Range Electron Diffraction of Polar Nanodomains in Pb2 ScTaO6
Jonathan J P Peters1, Ana M Sanchez1, David Walker1
1Department of Physics, University of Warwick, Coventry, CV4 7AL, UK.
Abstract:
Highly B-site ordered Pb2 ScTaO6 crystals are studied as a function of temperature via dielectric spectroscopy and in situ high-dynamic-range electron diffraction. The degree of ordering is examined on the local and macroscopic scale and is determined to be 76%. Novel analysis of the electron diffraction patterns provides structural information with two types of antiferroelectric displacements determined to be present in the polar structure. It is then found that a low-temperature transition occurs on cooling at ≈210 K that is not present on heating. This phenomenon is discussed in terms of the freezing of dynamic polar nanodomains where a high density of domain walls creates a metastable state.
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