Short- and middle-ranges order structure analysis of ferroelectric materials

Yoneda, Yasuhiro   

An invitation lecture about atomic pair distribution function (PDF) method which is one of the local structural analysis method using synchrotron radiation X-rays was performed. Since the PDF analysis can be clarified the nano-scale order structure, as well as the short-range order structure, the PDF analysis is structural analysis method indispensable to ferroelectric materials with a manifested organization of physical properties through the domain. I showed that the results of the PDF analysis for relaxor ferroelectrics. The PDF is able to visualize the structure of the lead atoms, which deviates from the average structure.