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A sample cell for diffraction studies with control of temperature, relative humidity and applied electric field
Author(s) -
Mo Frode,
Ramsøskar Kjell
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of applied crystallography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.429
H-Index - 162
ISSN - 1600-5767
DOI - 10.1107/s0021889809009157
Subject(s) - ferroelectricity , electric field , diffraction , materials science , relative humidity , substrate (aquarium) , sample (material) , synchrotron , thin film , epitaxy , humidity , optics , analytical chemistry (journal) , optoelectronics , dielectric , chemistry , nanotechnology , physics , thermodynamics , oceanography , chromatography , quantum mechanics , layer (electronics) , geology
Sample cells for applying an electric field on the sample during synchrotron X‐ray diffraction experiments have been designed and built, both for small single crystals in an arbitrary orientation and for thin films. For the former type of sample, the cell also includes equipment for control of relative humidity and temperature. Cells of different design have been used successfully with single crystals of two distinct phases of the organic ferroelectric Rochelle salt and in studies of epitaxial thin films of ferroelectric PbTiO 3 on a SrTiO 3 substrate under weak electric fields.