Abstract
The relaxation processes in pure and copper-doped potassium tantalate niobate (KTN) were investigated by dielectric spectroscopy over a wide frequency and temperature range. In the copper-doped KTN above the ferroelectric phase transition temperature, a relaxation process was observed to behave according to the Vogel-Fulcher-Tammann model. This process was not observed in the pure KTN crystal. Following the Adam-Gibbs theory of glass-forming liquids, this behavior was attributed to a cooperative rearrangement of dipolar clusters that are formed by off-center niobium ions around the copper impurity ions. This interpretation was substantiated by the observed difference in the configurational entropy between Cu-doped KTN and pure KTN crystals derived from differential scanning calorimetry measurements.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 132104 |
| Pages (from-to) | 132104-1-132104-4 |
| Journal | Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics |
| Volume | 70 |
| Issue number | 13 |
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| State | Published - Oct 2004 |