Phase Transitions in Extremely Small Crystals
- 3 December 2008
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Ferroelectrics
- Vol. 375 (1) , 74-91
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00150190802437910
Abstract
The literature data on the smallest unit cells as well as on the smallest single crystals studied by X-ray diffraction are reviewed. Different types of phase diagrams “temperature—grain size” are presented and discussed. The literature data on the grain-size driven structural phase transitions occurring in nanocrystals (quantum dots) are presented in the form of a database. It was found that there were no reports on phase transitions occurring for nanocrystalline grains with a linear dimension smaller than 7 unit cells. The grain-size driven phase transitions for some nanocrystalline double tungstates, molybdates and phosphates are also described.Keywords
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