DISCONTINUITY AND QUASI-TRICRITICAL BEHAVIOR NEAR T(C) IN FERROELECTRIC TRIGLYCINE SELENATE

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作者
IGLESIAS, T [1 ]
NOHEDA, B [1 ]
LIFANTE, G [1 ]
GONZALO, JA [1 ]
KORALEWSKI, M [1 ]
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[1] ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIV POZNAN, INST PHYS, PL-60780 POZNAN, POLAND
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10.1103/PhysRevB.50.10307
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Precise dielectric-constant and hysteresis-loops measurements at very low heating and cooling rates (approximately 0.5-degrees-C/h) near T(c) almost-equal-to 22.0-degrees-C in single crystals of triglycine selenate reveal previously unobserved discontinuities and a very small thermal hysteresis (DELTAT almost-equal-to 0.05-degrees-C), indicative of a first-order transition very close to a tricritical point. The set of tricritical exponents beta almost-equal-to 1/4, delta almost-equal-to 5, gamma almost-equal-to 1, borne out by present data, and alpha almost-equal-to 1/2 (from Ema's specific-heat data) describe very well the observed behavior in the vicinity of the phase transition.
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