High-field/high-frequency EPR of paramagnetic functional centers in Cu2+- and Fe3+-modified polycrystalline Pb[Zr(x)Ti(1-x)]O3 ferroelectrics.
Copper(II)- and iron(III)-modified Pb[Zr(x)Ti(1-x)]O3 ferroelectrics were investigated by means of high-field/high-frequency EPR. The results obtained suggest that Cu2+ and Fe3+ both substitute as acceptor centers for [Zr,Ti]4+. Whereas for the iron-doped system the charge compensating oxygen vacancies (V(O)**) lead to the formation of charged (Fe'(Ti-)V(O)**)* defect associates, no such associates have been observed for the copper-modified system. As regards the morphotropic phase boundary, the model of a mesoscopic mixing of the pure-member phases has been refined to a picture in which a nanoscale composition distribution prevails.
Eichel
Rüdiger-A
RA
Eduard-Zintl-Institute, Darmstadt University of Technology, D-64287 Darmstadt, Germany. eichel@chemie.tu-darmstadt.de
Mestrić
Hrvoje
H
Dinse
Klaus-Peter
KP
Ozarowski
Andrew
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van Tol
Johan
J
Brunel
Louis Claude
LC
Kungl
Hans
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Hoffmann
Michael J
MJ