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  • Title: Tailoring phase transition temperatures in perovskites via A-site vacancy generation.
    Author: Whittle TA, Brant WR, Hester JR, Gu Q, Schmid S.
    Journal: Dalton Trans; 2017 Jun 06; 46(22):7253-7260. PubMed ID: 28537310.
    Abstract:
    The structures across the Sr0.8Ti0.6-xZrxNb0.4O3, 0 ≤ x ≤ 0.6, defect perovskite series were investigated using complementary synchrotron X-ray and neutron powder diffraction data. The locations of second order compositional and temperature dependent phase transitions between the high symmetry cubic Pm3[combining macron]m phase and the lower symmetry tetragonal I4/mcm phase were determined. Deviation of the oxygen x coordinate from the high symmetry value and the B-O-B bond angle from 180° as well as the tetragonal strain squared were each found to be suitable order parameters to monitor the transitions. Tolerance factor calculations confirmed that these A-site deficient perovskites retain a higher symmetry to a lower value than their fully occupied counterparts. Therefore, adjusting vacancy concentrations can be employed as a general strategy to design compounds with specifically tailored phase transition temperatures.
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