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The domain structure of ferroelastic BiVO4 studied by magnetic resonances

Tae Ho Yeom, Sung Ho Choh, Kyu Jeong Song and Min Su Jang

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The domain structure of the ferroelastic BiVO4 single crystal has been investigated using the nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) of 51V and by the electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) of the Mn2+ ions contained in the crystal as an impurity. The 14 resonance lines of 51V (I=7/2) in a BiVO4 crystal with the twin domain were measured in the crystallographic a-b (or c-b) and c-a (or a-c) planes with an FT NMR spectrometer. Two sets of Mn2+ EPR signals were also obtained in the c-a plane. These two sets of NMR and EPR signals originate from the twin-domain structure. From these two sets of experimental data from 51V NMR and Mn2+ EPR, it is confirmed that the BiVO4 single crystal has the prominent (W-plane) domain wall reported previously. The investigated domain structure is found to be stable with time in contrast with a previous report by Baran et al. The previous model of the twinning mechanism derived from NMR and X-ray diffraction data has been improved by employing the EPR results. The observed W plane of the domain wall in BiVO4 can be explained by the ferroelastic species 4/mmm F 2/m instead of 4/m F 2/m.


PACS

62.20.D- Elasticity

76.30.Lh Other ions and impurities

61.72.Mm Grain and twin boundaries

76.60.-k Nuclear magnetic resonance and relaxation

Subjects

Condensed matter: electrical, magnetic and optical

Condensed matter: structural, mechanical & thermal

Dates

Issue 2 (10 January 1994)



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