Substitutional charge disorder as in PbMg1/3Nb2/3O3, structural cation vacancies as in Sr x
Ba 1-x Nb 2 O 6 and isovalent substitution of off-centered cations as in BaTi 1-x Sn x O 3 and …

Antiferromagnetic (AFM) orthoferrites are interesting model systems for exploring the
correlation between their crystalline and AFM domains and the resulting exchange bias …

The field of phase transitions and critical phenomena continues to be active in research,
producing a steady stream of interesting and fruitful results. It has moved into a central place …

For a model system consisting of a ferromagnetic layer coupled to a diluted,
antiferromagnetic layer extensive Monte Carlo simulations are performed. Exchange bias is …

The exchange bias coupling at ferromagnetic/antiferromagnetic interfaces in epitaxially
grown Co/CoO layers can intentionally be increased by a factor of up to 3 if the …

The nature of the zero-temperature ordering transition in the three-dimensional Gaussian
random-field Ising magnet is studied numerically, aided by scaling analyses. Various …

High-resolution domain studies have been performed on 0.8 Pb (Mg 1/3 Nb 2/3) O 3− 0.2
PbTiO 3 (0.8 PMN-0.2 PT) single crystals via piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM). A …

Quenched random fields (RFs) are well‐known to be a basic driving force of the relaxor
behavior in disordered ferroelectrics containing either random charges as in …

Complex as-grown nanodomain patterns are studied with piezoresponse force microscopy
in Sr x Ba 1− x Nb 2 O 6 single crystals at variant Sr∕ Ba molar ratios, 0.4⩽ x⩽ 0.75. They …

Ferroelectric relaxors continue to be one of the most mysterious solid-state materials. Since
their discovery by Smolenskii and coworkers, there have been many attempts to understand …