Direct observation of the formation of polar nanoregions in Pb(Mg${}_{1/3}$Nb${}_{2/3}$)O${}_3$ using neutron pair distribution function analysis

I. -K. Jeong, T. W. Darling, J. K. Lee +6

Using neutron pair distribution function (PDF) analysis over the temperature range from 1000 K to 15 K, we demonstrate the existence of local polarization and the formation of medi…