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J Chem Phys
; 123(8): 084708, 2005 Aug 22.
Article
in English
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-16164322
ABSTRACT
Heat-capacity measurements of the sodium nitrite confined in a nanoscale porous glass matrix show that the intermediate incommensurate phase, present in the bulk, has disappeared and that the first-order ferroelectric transition becomes suppressed and gradual. The ferroelectric transition temperature is shifted considerably to lower temperatures. Two noncritical dielectric modes were observed; however, the observed giant growth of the dielectric constant on heating through the transition temperature TC is shown to be mainly due to the electrode polarization effect.