Relaxor-like dielectric behaviour in stoichiometric Sillenite Bi12SiO20

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We request 1 day of beam-time on POLARIS to collect Neutron Diffraction (ND) data on the Sillenite Bi12SiO20 (gamma-Bi2O3) that we have recently discovered to exhibit a dielectric relaxation at 500 - 600 K, well below the gamma to beta polymorphic transition at ~ 930 K. Variable temperature Raman Spectroscopy shows changes in the Bi-O framework vibrations and the relaxor-type dielectric behaviour is attributed to non-correlated local dipole moments associated with the BiO5E (E= 6s2 lone pair) units in the framework. The purpose of the beam time is to acquire ND data over a range of temperatures (300 - 1150 K) to establish accurate crystallographic information related to the Bi-O framework to elucidate the structure-property relationships in this 'ideal' Sillenite. This will facilitate further studies on other Sillenite family members that are being targeted for dielectric applications.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.24090176
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/24090176
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Creator Dr Lin Hao Li; Dr Ming Li; Professor Derek Sinclair; Miss Yu Hu
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2016
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Resource Type Dataset
Discipline Photon- and Neutron Geosciences
Temporal Coverage Begin 2013-03-20T09:04:06Z
Temporal Coverage End 2013-03-22T07:05:36Z