RANDOM-STRAIN-FIELD EFFECTS ON THE LOW-TEMPERATURE STATE OF KCN

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KNORR, K
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[1] Institut F̈r Physik, Universität Mainz
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.66.3016
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O4 [物理学];
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Random strain fields have been introduced into samples of KCN by pressing pellets from powder and by thermal cycling. X-ray diffractograms show that the low-temperature structure depends strongly on the sample history. In some cycles the noncubic low-temperature phases have been suppressed in mesoscopic surface regions of the samples and the quadrupolar-glass state formed instead.
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