RESONANCE THEORY OF THE PRESSURE-INDUCED INCOMMENSURATE PHASE IN AMMONIUM HYDROGEN OXALATE HEMIHYDRATE

WCK POON*, Wilson Poon

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The resonance theory of incommensurate (IC) phases in insulators studied by Heine and McConnell is reviewed and applied to ammonium hydrogen oxalate hemihydrate, in which an IC phase is stabilized above 3 kbar between the room-temperature paraelastic phase and the low-temperature ferroelastic phase. It is suggested that this IC phase is due to a structural resonance between the ferroelastic ordering mode and an incipient ferroelectric ordering mode. A simple pressure dependence of the latter reproduces the topology of the p-T phase diagram and the pressure dependence of the IC wavevector at T(IC). Specific predictions concerning dielectric behaviour and diffuse scattering round satellite positions under pressure are made.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)10249-10257
Number of pages9
JournalJournal of Physics: Condensed Matter
Volume2
Issue number51
Publication statusPublished - 31 Dec 1990

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