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Structural and spectroscopic investigations on deuteron glasses belonging to the potassium dihydrogen phosphate family

Journal Article · · AIP Conference Proceedings
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4918246· OSTI ID:22490614
 [1];  [2]
  1. State Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Trombay, Mumbai, 400085 (India)
  2. Material Science Division Bhabha Atomic Research Center, Mumbai, 400085 (India)

X-ray powder diffraction and Raman measurements were performed on the mixed crystals of deuterated potassium dihydrogen phosphate (DKDP) and deuterated ammonium dihydrogen phosphate (DADP) grown at our lab. These crystals are known to behave like deuteron glasses due to frustration between ferroelectric and antiferroelectric ordering. Both spectral as well as structural studies indicate that crystals belonging to the glassy regions of the crystal composition have stronger O-D-O hydrogen bonds as compared to those belong to the ferroelectric or antiferroelectric regions of the crystal composition.

OSTI ID:
22490614
Journal Information:
AIP Conference Proceedings, Journal Name: AIP Conference Proceedings Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 1665; ISSN APCPCS; ISSN 0094-243X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English