Calorimetric and dielectric studies of ferroelectric sodium nitrite confined in a nanoscale porous glass matrix.
Heat-capacity measurements of the sodium nitrite confined in a nanoscale porous glass matrix show that the intermediate incommensurate phase, present in the bulk, has disappeared and that the first-order ferroelectric transition becomes suppressed and gradual. The ferroelectric transition temperature is shifted considerably to lower temperatures. Two noncritical dielectric modes were observed; however, the observed giant growth of the dielectric constant on heating through the transition temperature TC is shown to be mainly due to the electrode polarization effect.
Kutnjak
Zdravko
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Jozef Stefan Institute, P.O. Box 3000, 1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia. zdravko.kutnjak@ijs.si
Vodopivec
Boris
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Blinc
Robert
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Fokin
Alexander V
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Kumzerov
Yuri A
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Vakhrushev
Sergey B
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