EXAFS study of glass transition in K1-x(NH4)xI.
The iodine K-edge EXAFS study of K1-x(NH4)xI mixed crystals was performed to clarify the local structure of the dipole glass associated with the random reorientational freezing of ammnonium ions. The pair-distribution function of the nearest iodine-iodine ions is strongly reduced with increasing ammonium concentration. The reduction originates in the local distortion of lattice induced by the short-range antiferroelectric order of ammonium ions. We discuss the relationship between the reorientational freezing of ammonium ions and the local distortion of lattice in comparison with the results of X-ray diffraction measurements.
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Advanced Research Center of Science and School of Science, Kwansei-Gakuin University, Sanda, Hyogo, Japan.
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