Neutron diffuse scattering from multiferroic single crystal BiFeO3

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BiFeO3 is a canonical multiferroic material. We know that local (nanoscale) order is crucial in explaining the behaviour of conventional ferroelectrics, and reciprocal space mapping to measure diffuse scattering from a single crystal is the best way of exploring local order. Yet no one has ever mapped the diffuse scattering from BFO, despite the vast number of studies undertaken. By studying the crystal structure of bismuth ferrite in unprecedented detail using SXD, we will better understand how its technologically useful properties arise and how to improve them. Neutrons are ideal because BFO is a magnetically ordered system and the behaviour of the oxygen atoms is crucial.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.86053641
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/86053641
Provenance
Creator Dr Darren Goossens; Dr Matthias Gutmann; Professor Thomas Welberry; Dr Robin Perry
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2021
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
OpenAccess true
Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Chemistry; Natural Sciences; Physics
Temporal Coverage Begin 2017-03-28T09:00:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2018-02-08T07:14:22Z