Time-Resolved Nanobeam X-ray Diffraction of a Relaxor Ferroelectric Single Crystal under an Alternating Electric Field
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
3.1. Transient Average Structure under AC Field
3.2. Transient Local Structure under AC Field
3.3. Static Local Structure under DC Field
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Aoyagi, S.; Aoyagi, A.; Takeda, H.; Osawa, H.; Sumitani, K.; Imai, Y.; Kimura, S. Time-Resolved Nanobeam X-ray Diffraction of a Relaxor Ferroelectric Single Crystal under an Alternating Electric Field. Crystals 2021, 11, 1419. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/cryst11111419
Aoyagi S, Aoyagi A, Takeda H, Osawa H, Sumitani K, Imai Y, Kimura S. Time-Resolved Nanobeam X-ray Diffraction of a Relaxor Ferroelectric Single Crystal under an Alternating Electric Field. Crystals. 2021; 11(11):1419. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/cryst11111419
Chicago/Turabian StyleAoyagi, Shinobu, Ayumi Aoyagi, Hiroaki Takeda, Hitoshi Osawa, Kazushi Sumitani, Yasuhiko Imai, and Shigeru Kimura. 2021. "Time-Resolved Nanobeam X-ray Diffraction of a Relaxor Ferroelectric Single Crystal under an Alternating Electric Field" Crystals 11, no. 11: 1419. https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/cryst11111419