Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2007
Publication Title
Journal of Solid State Chemistry
Volume
180
First Page
1193
Last Page
1197
Abstract
The compound cesium niobate, Cs2Nb4O11, is an antiferroelectric, as demonstrated by double hysteresis loops in the electric-field versus polarization plot. The crystal structure refinement by X-ray diffraction at both 100 and 297 K shows it to have a centrosymmetric structure in point group mmm and orthorhombic space group Pnna, which is consistent with its antiferroelectric behavior. The 100-K data is reported herein. The lattice is comprised of niobium-centered tetrahedra and octahedra connected through shared vertices and edges; cesium atoms occupy channels afforded by the three-dimensional polyhedral network. The critical field for onset of ferroelectric behavior in a single-crystal sample is 9.5 kV/cm.
Recommended Citation
Smith, Robert W.; Hu, Chunhua; Liu, Jianjun; Mei, Wai-Ning; and Lin, Kuan-Jiuh, "Structure and Antiferroelectric Properties of Cesium Niobate, Cs2Nb4O11" (2007). Chemistry Faculty Publications. 12.
https://digitalcommons.unomaha.edu/chemfacpub/12
Comments
Published in Journal of Solid State Chemistry, 180, 2007, 1193-1197. Copyright © 2007, Journal of Solid State Chemistry.
NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in the Journal of Solid State Chemistry. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of Solid State Chemistry, VOL #180 (2007).
DOI# http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jssc.2007.01.015