BARC/PUB/2011/0735

 
 

Low-temperature polaronic relaxations with variable range hopping conductivity in FeTiMO6 (M = Ta,Nb,Sb)

 
     
 
Author(s)

Deshpande, S. K.; Achary, S. N.; Mani, R.; Gopalakrishnan, J.; Tyagi, A. K.

Source

Physical Review-B, 2011. Vol. 84 (6): pp. 064301.1-064301.7

ABSTRACT

Low-temperature dielectric measurements on FeTiMO6 (M=Ta,Nb,Sb) rutile-type oxides at frequencies from 0.1 Hz to 10 MHz revealed anomalous dielectric relaxations with frequency dispersion. Unlike the high temperature relaxor response of these materials, the low-temperature relaxations are polaronic in nature. The relationship between frequency and temperature of dielectric loss peak follows T−1/4 behavior. The frequency dependence of ac conductivity shows the well-known universal dielectric response, while the dc conductivity follows Mott variable range hopping (VRH) behavior, confirming the polaronic origin of the observed dielectric relaxations. The frequency domain analysis of the dielectric spectra shows evidence for two relaxations, with the high-frequency relaxations following Mott VRH behavior more closely. Significantly, the Cr- and Ga-based analogs, CrTiNbO6 and GaTiMO6 (M=Ta,Nb), that were also studied, did not show these anomalies.

 
 
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