Tungsten bronze type dielectrics in SrO-Sm2O3-TiO2-Nb2O5 system and their dielectric anomaly

The dielectric behavior and the features of the diffused phase transition of the SrpSm6-pTi8-pNb2+pO30 (p=4,5) ceramics were investigated together with their structure. Both Sr5SmTi3Nb7O30 and Sr4Sm2Ti4Nb6O30 had tungsten bronze structure and weak ferroelectric nature. Though Sr5SmTi3Nb7O30 showed the diffused ferroelectrics phase transition, it was concluded that the transition was mainly the displacive ferroelectric phase transition. In Sr4Sm2Ti4Nb6O30, the Sr2+ ions and Sm3+ ions did not form an order structure and it showed a typical displacive ferroelectric phase transition. The dielectric anomaly was attributed to the different BO6 octahedral distortion. (C) 2004 American Institute of Physics.