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Assessing Local Structure in PbZn1/3Nb2/3O3 Using Diffuse Scattering and Reverse Monte Carlo Refinement

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We use an extensive X-ray diffuse scattering dataset collected from the relaxor ferroelectric PbZn1/3Nb2/3O3 to study the feasibility of refining a nanoscale structure with the reverse Monte Carlo method. Six integer and non-integer reciprocal sections are used with a total number of nearly 105 symmetry-independent data points. Very good agreement between observed and calculated diffuse scattering patterns is achieved with rather subtle diffuse intensity modulations being satisfactorily reproduced. The correlations within the refined local structure are related to the possible physical mechanisms behind them. We discuss the ambiguity of the obtained results and feasible constraining schemes.

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Acknowledgments

We would like to acknowledge the Australian Research Council for support through its Discovery Projects program. REW thanks AINSE for the support of postgraduate research award. Use of the Advanced Photon Source was supported by the U. S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under Contract No. DE-AC02-06CH11357. Kevin Beyer is acknowledged for his help at the 11ID-B beamline at the Advanced Photon Source. This work was supported by the NCI National Facility at the ANU.

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  1. Research School of Chemistry, Australian National University, Canberra, 0200, Australia

    M. Paściak (Postdoctoral Fellow), A. P. Heerdegen (Research Officer), D. J. Goossens (Research Fellow), R. E. Whitfield (Ph.D. Student) & T. R. Welberry (Professor)

  2. Institute of Low Temperature and Structure Research, Polish Academy of Sciences, PL-50-950, Wrocław, Poland

    A. Pietraszko (Professor)

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Paściak, M., Heerdegen, A.P., Goossens, D.J. et al. Assessing Local Structure in PbZn1/3Nb2/3O3 Using Diffuse Scattering and Reverse Monte Carlo Refinement. Metall Mater Trans A 44, 87–93 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11661-012-1475-z

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