scholarly journals Melting of spatially modulated phases at domain wall/surface junctions in antiferrodistortive multiferroics

2020 ◽  
Vol 102 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna N. Morozovska ◽  
Eugene A. Eliseev ◽  
Deyang Chen ◽  
Vladislav Shvetz ◽  
Christopher T. Nelson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Domain Wall ◽  
Wall Surface ◽  
Modulated Phases

scholarly journals Direct Observation of Domain-Wall Surface Tension by Deflating or Inflating a Magnetic Bubble

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Xueying Zhang ◽  
Nicolas Vernier ◽  
Weisheng Zhao ◽  
Haiming Yu ◽  
Laurent Vila ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Surface Tension ◽  
Domain Wall ◽  
Direct Observation ◽  
Wall Surface ◽  
Magnetic Bubble

Domain-Wall Interactions and Spatially Modulated Phases

1986 ◽  
Vol 57 (8) ◽  
pp. 1044-1047 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anthony M. Szpilka ◽  
Michael E. Fisher
Keyword(s):  
Domain Wall ◽  
Modulated Phases ◽  
Wall Interactions

Electron Microscopy of Graphite Intercalation Compounds

1982 ◽  
Vol 40 ◽  
pp. 544-545
Author(s):  
G. Timp ◽  
L. Salamanca-Riba ◽  
L.W. Hobbs ◽  
G. Dresselhaus ◽  
M.S. Dresselhaus
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscopy ◽  
Phase Transitions ◽  
Domain Wall ◽  
Intercalation Compounds ◽  
Lattice Plane ◽  
Wall Model ◽  
Graphite Intercalation Compounds ◽  
Fundamental Symmetry ◽  
Graphite Intercalation

Electron microscopy can be used to study structures and phase transitions occurring in graphite intercalations compounds. The fundamental symmetry in graphite intercalation compounds is the staging periodicity whereby each intercalate layer is separated by n graphite layers, n denoting the stage index. The currently accepted model for intercalation proposed by Herold and Daumas assumes that the sample contains equal amounts of intercalant between any two graphite layers and staged regions are confined to domains. Specifically, in a stage 2 compound, the Herold-Daumas domain wall model predicts a pleated lattice plane structure.

The direct determination of magnetic domain wall profiles using a split detector STEM

1978 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 466-467
Author(s):  
J.N. Chapman ◽  
P.E. Batson ◽  
E.M. Waddell ◽  
R.P. Ferrier
Keyword(s):  
Electron Microscope ◽  
Domain Wall ◽  
Transmission Electron Microscope ◽  
Domain Walls ◽  
Photographic Plate ◽  
Magnetic Domain ◽  
Direct Determination ◽  
Quantitative Information ◽  
Scanning Transmission Electron Microscope ◽  
Transmission Electron

By far the most commonly used mode of Lorentz microscopy in the examination of ferromagnetic thin films is the Fresnel or defocus mode. Use of this mode in the conventional transmission electron microscope (CTEM) is straightforward and immediately reveals the existence of all domain walls present. However, if such quantitative information as the domain wall profile is required, the technique suffers from several disadvantages. These include the inability to directly observe fine image detail on the viewing screen because of the stringent illumination coherence requirements, the difficulty of accurately translating part of a photographic plate into quantitative electron intensity data, and, perhaps most severe, the difficulty of interpreting this data. One solution to the first-named problem is to use a CTEM equipped with a field emission gun (FEG) (Inoue, Harada and Yamamoto 1977) whilst a second is to use the equivalent mode of image formation in a scanning transmission electron microscope (STEM) (Chapman, Batson, Waddell, Ferrier and Craven 1977), a technique which largely overcomes the second-named problem as well.

Incommensurate modulated phases of the NbxTa1-xTe4 charge density wave system

1992 ◽  
Vol 50 (1) ◽  
pp. 58-59
Author(s):  
S. Ritchie ◽  
J. C. Bennett ◽  
A. Prodan ◽  
F.W. Boswell ◽  
J.M. Corbett
Keyword(s):  
Charge Density ◽  
Charge Density Wave ◽  
Direct Evidence ◽  
Density Wave ◽  
Wave System ◽  
Modulated Phases ◽  
Metal Atoms ◽  
Incommensurate Modulation ◽  
End Members ◽  
Modulation Wave Vector

A continuous sequence of compounds having composition NbxTa1-xTe4; 0 ≤ x ≤ 1 have been studied by electron diffraction and microscopy. Previous studies have shown that the end members of the series, TaTε4 and NbTε4 possess a quasi-one-dimensional character and exhibit charge density wave (CDW) distortions. In these compounds, the subcell structure is tetragonal with axes (a × a × c) and consists of the metal atoms (Nb or Ta) centered within an extended antiprismatic cage of Te atoms. At room temperature, TaTε4 has a commensurate modulation structure with a 2a × 2a × 3c unit cell. In NbTε4, an incommensurate modulation with × ∼ 16c axes is observed. Preliminary studies of the mixed compounds NbxTα1-xTε4 showed a discontinuous jump of the modulation wave vector commensurate to incommensurate when the Nb dopant concentration x, exceeded x ≃ 0.3, In this paper, the nature of the compositional dependence of is studied in greater detail and evidence is presented for a stepwise variation of . This constitutes the first direct evidence for a Devil's staircase in CDW materials.

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