Tetragonal Tungsten Bronze structure, thanks to its compositional flexibility, is a legitimate candidate for the development of functional materials. Study of dielectric, pyroelectric, and ferroelectric properties of Ba2NdFeNb4-xTaxO15 ceramics reveals a relaxor-ferroelectric-paraelectric crossover, with thermal hysteresis of the ferroelectric transition. Structural analysis of Ba2LnFeNb4O15 (Ln=La Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu), relaxor single crystals obtained by flux method, highlighted a modulated structure. Refinement of the basic structure proves the existence of a dipolar moment in the ab plane (induced by a distortion of [NbO6] octahedra). In order to establish a correlation between the crystal structure and the properties of a compound derived from multiferroic MnWO4, the crystal growth in image furnace of Mn0,85Mg0,15WO4 was successfully undertaken.
Synthesis, structural and dielectric characterization of relaxor ceramics and single-crystals with TTB structure