Effect of γ irradiation on the hysteresis phenomena at the incommensurate-commensurate phase transition in Rb2ZnBr4

Autor: N.F. Kurilovich, K. V. Iodkovskaya, A.U. Sheleg
Rok vydání: 1998
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Zdroj: Physics of the Solid State. 40:1734-1737
ISSN: 1090-6460
1063-7834
Popis: The effect of γ irradiation on the temperature hysteresis in dielectric permittivity ɛ and loss tangent tan δ of crystalline Rb2ZnBr4 has been studied in the vicinity of the incommensurate-commensurate phase transition. The ɛ(T) and tan δ(T) curves were found to exhibit anomalies in the form of maxima. Hysteresis was observed in the measured properties, including the transition temperature T c (ΔT=T c h −T c c ), in both unirradiated and irradiated samples. It is shown that, as the radiation dose increases the extent of the hysteresis ΔT increases, the values of ɛmax and tan δmax at the transition point decrease, and the anomalies wash out.
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