Stroboscopic neutron diffraction from spatially modulated systems

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作者
Eckold, G [1 ]
Gibhardt, H [1 ]
Caspary, D [1 ]
Elter, P [1 ]
Elisbihani, K [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Gottingen, Inst Phys Chem & Sonferforschungsbereich 345, D-37077 Gottingen, Germany
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ZEITSCHRIFT FUR KRISTALLOGRAPHIE | 2003年 / 218卷 / 02期
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10.1524/zkri.218.2.144.20670
中图分类号
O7 [晶体学];
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0702 ; 070205 ; 0703 ; 080501 ;
摘要
The combination of stroboscopic techniques and neutron diffraction can be used to study the kinetics of structural changes in condensed matter on a microscopic level. Transient states may be identified and characterized on time-scales down to the microsecond regime. Hence, valuable information about the underlying mechanisms can be obtained from time-resolved experiments. Particularly interesting subjects for this type of investigation are spatially modulated systems which undergo phase transitions or phase separation. The potential of stroboscopic neutron diffraction is demonstrated using three different examples in which samples are periodically perturbed by the variation of temperature, mechanical stress or electric field and their structural response is characterized by time-resolved diffraction. Spinodal decomposition in ionic crystals of the silver-alkali halide type is shown to be dominated by two different processes on different time-scales. The stress-induced phase transition into the incommensurate phase of quartz involves relaxation processes which are reflected by different kinetic behaviours of Bragg peaks and satellite reflections, respectively. Finally, metastable transient states are observed during the field induced lock-in transition in ferroelectric Rb2ZnCl4 which are most probably due to strain fields and pinning effects.
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页数:10
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