1. Revised crystal structure and electronic properties of high dielectric Ba(Fe$_{1/2}$Nb$_{1/2}$)O$_{3}$ ceramics
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Ray, Rajyavardhan, Himanshu, A. K., Mandal, Golak K., Kumar, Uday, Jha, S. N., Patra, N, Bhattacharya, D., Shinde, A. B., Richter, Manuel, and Krishna, P. S. R.
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Condensed Matter - Strongly Correlated Electrons ,Condensed Matter - Materials Science - Abstract
Ba(Fe$_{1/2}$Nb$_{1/2}$)O$_3$ (BFN) ceramics are considered to be promising for technological applications owing to their high dielectric constant over a wide range of temperatures. However, there exists considerable discrepancy over the structural details. We address this discrepancy through a combined x-ray diffraction at room temperature and neutron powder diffraction measurements in the range from 5K up to room temperature, supplemented by a comparative analysis of the earlier reported structures. Our study reveals a cubic structure with space group Pm$\bar{3}$m at all measured temperatures. Further, the x-ray near edge structure and the extended x-ray absorption fine structure studies on the local environment of the Fe ions is consistent with the cubic symmetry. An appropriate value of $U$ for DFT+$U$ calculations is obtained by comparison with x-ray absorption spectroscopy, which agrees well with the earlier reported electronic properties., Comment: 15 pages, 9 figures
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- 2019
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