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2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Exploration of giant piezoelectric materials using high-pressure synthesis and understanding of their mechanisms using thermal measurements

Research Project

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Project/Area Number 23740245
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)

Allocation TypeMulti-year Fund
Research Field Condensed matter physics I
Research InstitutionNational Institute for Materials Science

Principal Investigator

TACHIBANA Makoto  独立行政法人物質・材料研究機構, 超伝導物性ユニット, 主任研究員 (40442727)

Project Period (FY) 2011 – 2013
Keywords構造相転移 / 強誘電相転移 / 単結晶 / 熱測定 / X線散乱 / 巨大圧電物質
Research Abstract

Many transition metal oxides show interesting ferroelectric and structural phase transitions, as well as useful phenomena such as giant piezoelectric effects. In this study, structural phase transitions in pyrochlore Cd2Nb2O7 and perovskite Pr1-xLaxAlO3 were studied using x-ray scattering and specific heat measurements. Cd2Nb2O7 shows relaxor-like behavior and an unusual sequence of ferroelectric and ferroelastic transitions. Pr1-xLaxAlO3 has Jahn-Teller instabilities and shows unusual ferroelastic transitions. The results provide important perspectives on the emergence of giant piezoelectric effects in related materials.

  • Research Products

    (17 results)

All 2014 2013 2012 2011 Other

All Journal Article (12 results) (of which Peer Reviewed: 12 results) Presentation (4 results) Remarks (1 results)

  • [Journal Article] Structural phase transitions in Pr_<1-x>La_xAlO_3 : Heat capacity and x-ray scattering studies2014

    • Author(s)
      Makoto Tachibana, Katharina Fritsch, and Bruce D. Gaulin
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review B

      Volume: 89 Pages: 174106-1-6

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] X-ray scattering studies of structural phase transitions in pyrochlore Cd_2Nb_2O_72013

    • Author(s)
      Makoto Tachibana, Katharina Fritsch, and Bruce D. Gaulin
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter

      Volume: 25 Pages: 435902-1-6

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Thermal conductivity of pyrochlore R_2Ti_2O_7 (R=rare earth)2013

    • Author(s)
      Makoto Tachibana
    • Journal Title

      Solid State Communications

      Volume: 174 Pages: 16-18

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Thermal study of the interplay between spin and lattice in CoCr_2O_4 and CdCr_2O_42013

    • Author(s)
      Suguru Kitani, Makoto Tachibana, Naoya Taira, and Hitoshi Kawaji
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review B

      Volume: 87 Pages: 064402-1-6

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Heat capacity of the spinel superconductors CuRh_2S_4 and CuRh_2Se_42012

    • Author(s)
      Makoto Tachibana
    • Journal Title

      Solid State Communications

      Volume: 152 Pages: 849-851

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Magnetic and electronic orderings in orthorhombic RMnO_3 (R=Tm, Lu) studied by resonant soft x-ray powder diffraction2012

    • Author(s)
      M. Garganourakis, Y. Bodenthin, R. de Souza, V. Scagnoli, A. Donni, M. Tachibana, H. Kitazawa, E. Takayama-Muromachi and U. Staub
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review B

      Volume: 86 Pages: 054425-1-5

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Experimental and ab initio investigations of the x-ray absorption near edge structure of orthorhombic LuMnO_32012

    • Author(s)
      Y. Hu, C. N. Borca, E. Kleymenov, M. Nachtegaal, B. Delley, M. Janousch, A. Donni, M. Tachibana, H. Kitazawa, E. Takayama-Muromachi, M. Kenzelmann, C. Niedermayer, T. Lippert, A. Wokaun and C.W. Schneider
    • Journal Title

      Applied Physics Letters

      Volume: 100 Pages: 252901-1-3

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Heat capacity and thermal expansion of CdCr_2Se_4 and CdCr_2S_42011

    • Author(s)
      Makoto Tachibana, Naoya Taira, and Hitoshi Kawaji
    • Journal Title

      Solid State Communications

      Volume: 151 Pages: 1776-1779

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Coexistence of Light and Heavy Carriers Associated with Superconductivity and Antiferromagnetism in CeNi_<0.8>Bi_2 with a Bi Square Net2011

    • Author(s)
      H. Mizoguchi, S. Matsuishi, M. Hirano, M. Tachibana, E. Takayama-Muromachi, H. Kawaji, and H. Hosono
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review Letters

      Volume: 106 Pages: 057002-1-4

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Incoherent Bi off-centering in Bi_2Ti_2O_6O' and Bi_2Ru_2O_6O' : Insulator versus metal2011

    • Author(s)
      D. Shoemaker, R. Seshadri, M. Tachibana, and A. Hector
    • Journal Title

      Physical Review B

      Volume: 84 Pages: 064117-1-6

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Reverse Monte Carlo neutron scattering study of the 'ordered-ice' oxide pyrochlore Pb_2Ru_2O_<6.5>2011

    • Author(s)
      D. P Shoemaker, A. Llobet, M. Tachibana, and R. Seshadri
    • Journal Title

      Journal of Physics-Condensed Matter

      Volume: 23 Pages: 315404-1-6

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Journal Article] Upper critical field and electronic heat-capacity coefficient of the AlB_2-type ternary silicide YbGa_<1.1>Si_<0.9>2011

    • Author(s)
      M. Imai, N. Tsujii, M. Tachibana,and S. Uji
    • Journal Title

      Superconductivity Science and Technology

      Volume: 24 Pages: 055015-1-5

    • Peer Reviewed
  • [Presentation] X-ray scattering studies of structural phase transitions in pyrochlore Cd_2Nb_2O_72013

    • Author(s)
      Makoto Tachibana, Katharina Fritsch, Bruce D. Gaulin
    • Organizer
      2013 CAP Congress
    • Place of Presentation
      Montreal, Canada, University of Montreal
    • Year and Date
      2013-05-27
  • [Presentation] Heat transport in R_2Ti_2O_7 (R=rare earth)2012

    • Author(s)
      Makoto Tachibana
    • Organizer
      The International Conference on Highly Frustrated Magnetism 2012
    • Place of Presentation
      Hamilton, Canada, McMaster University
    • Year and Date
      2012-06-04
  • [Presentation] スピネル型CdCr_2Se_4 およびCdCr_2S_4の比熱と熱膨張率2011

    • Author(s)
      橘信、平良尚也、川路均
    • Organizer
      日本物理学会2011年秋季大会
    • Place of Presentation
      富山大学
    • Year and Date
      2011-09-21
  • [Presentation] Exploration of Functional Perovskites with Calorimetry2011

    • Author(s)
      Makoto Tachibana
    • Organizer
      The 66th Calorimetry Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Hawaii, Turtle Bay Hotel
    • Year and Date
      2011-06-12
  • [Remarks]

    • URL

      http://samurai.nims.go.jp/TACHIBANA_Makoto-j.html

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Published: 2015-06-25  

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