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Extended X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure study of Potassium Niobate

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 February 2011

K. H. Kim ,
W. T. Elam  and
E. F. Skelton
K. H. Kim
Affiliation:
NRC/NRL Cooperative Research Associate
W. T. Elam
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D. C., 20375
E. F. Skelton
Affiliation:
Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D. C., 20375
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Abstract

Extended x-ray absorption fine structure (EXAFS) of potassium niobate (KnbO3 ) was measured at the K edge of Nb, at various temperatures to include all phases of the material. The first shell data were analyzed to determine the distances between the niobium atom and its oxygen neighbors. The single shell amplitude almost vanishes around k-7.5 A−1 at all temperatures, suggesting two distances with a separation of about 0.21 A. Nonlinear fitting was used to determine the structure more carefully and the data at all temperatures can be fit reasonably well with two Nb-O ditances. This is in disagreement with the displacive model which implies only one Nb-O distance in the cubic phase. This result suggests that the niobium atom is displaced along the (111) direction relative to the oxygen atom in all phases. Thus, the transitions are not displacive, but have a strong order-disorder character.

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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 172: Symposium P – Optical Fiber Materials and Processing , 1989 , 291
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1990

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