0000000000409195
AUTHOR
Volker Kahlenberg
In situ study of the phase transition in Bi2Ti4O11
Abstract The paraelectric ⇌ antiferroelectric phase transition of the compound Bi 2 Ti 4 O 11 is studied in situ by electron diffraction and electron microscopy. The transition is reversible and clearly second order. Above T c faint streaking at the superlattice positions persists. In the low-temperature phase, antiphase boundaries with a displacement vector R = 1/2[101] are revealed; they show a finite width, suggesting a gradual displacement of the Bi atoms at the transition. A model for the domain wall configuration is proposed, based on the influence of the lone pairs of Bi 3+ ions at the transition.
On the existence of a pyrochlore-type phase in the system Bi2O3–TiO2
The existence of a bismuth titanate in the range between Bi 2 Ti 4 O 11 (Bi 2 O 3 . 4 TiO 2 ) and Bi 4 Ti 3 O 12 (2 Bi 2 O 3 . 3 TiO 2 ) has been investigated by X-ray diffraction of samples prepared by solid state reactions. For reaction temperatures above 1100 °C and a starting composition Bi 2 O 3 . 2 TiO 2 there appeared additional lines which could be attributed to a cubic face-centred cell with a = 10.354 A. A multiphase Rietveld analysis based on X-ray powder diffraction data confirmed the structural model of a pyrochlore for this compound. There is evidence that this phase belongs to the group of defect pyrochlores with a Bi 3+ -deficiency resulting in a composition of Bi 1.833 Ti 2…