Near-surface structural phase transition of SrTiO3 studied with zero-field beta-detected nuclear spin relaxation and resonance.

We demonstrate that zero-field beta-detected nuclear quadrupole resonance and spin relaxation of low energy (8)Li can be used as a sensitive local probe of structural phase transitions near a surface. We find that the transition near the surface of a SrTiO(3) single crystal occurs at T(c) approximat...

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Main Authors: Salman, Z, Kiefl, R, Chow, K, Hossain, MD, Keeler, T, Kreitzman, SR, Levy, C, Miller, R, Parolin, T, Pearson, MR, Saadaoui, H, Schultz, J, Smadella, M, Wang, D, MacFarlane, W
格式: Journal article
语言:English
出版: 2006
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总结:We demonstrate that zero-field beta-detected nuclear quadrupole resonance and spin relaxation of low energy (8)Li can be used as a sensitive local probe of structural phase transitions near a surface. We find that the transition near the surface of a SrTiO(3) single crystal occurs at T(c) approximately 150K, i.e., approximately 45K higher than T(c)bulk, and that the tetragonal domains formed below T(c) are randomly oriented.