Experimental and theoretical study of the influence of disorder on diffuse first-order phase transitions: NaNbO3: Gd and KTaO3: Li as examples

M. S. Prosandeeva, S. I. Rayevskaya, S. A. Prosandeev +2

We consider consequences of local disorder in systems experiencing first order phase transitions. Such systems can be of rather different nature. For example, manganates showing gi…