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Title: Structural phase transition of BaZrO{sub 3} under high pressure

Journal Article · · Journal of Applied Physics
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4868906· OSTI ID:22271129
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  1. State Key Laboratory of Superhard Materials, Jilin University, Changchun 130012 (China)
  2. Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility, Institute of High Energy Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049 (China)

We studied the phase transition behavior of cubic BaZrO{sub 3} perovskite by in situ high pressure synchrotron X-ray diffraction experiments up to 46.4 GPa at room temperature. The phase transition from cubic phase to tetragonal phase was observed in BaZrO{sub 3} for the first time, which takes place at 17.2 GPa. A bulk modulus 189 (26) GPa for cubic BaZrO{sub 3} is derived from the pressure–volume data. Upon decompression, the high pressure phase transforms into the initial cubic phase. It is suggested that the unstable phonon mode caused by the rotation of oxygen octahedra plays a crucial role in the high pressure phase transition behavior of BaZrO{sub 3}.

OSTI ID:
22271129
Journal Information:
Journal of Applied Physics, Vol. 115, Issue 12; Other Information: (c) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 0021-8979
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English