Local structure and symmetry of paramagnetic ions in ferroelectric ceramics [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Hrvoje Meštrić

Local structure and symmetry ofparamagnetic ions in ferroelectric ceramicsVom Fachbereich Chemieder Technischen Universit¨at Darmstadtzur Erlangung des akademischen Grades einesDoctor rerum naturalium (Dr. rer. nat.)genehmigteDissertationvorgelegt vonDipl.-Phys. Hrvoje Meˇstri´caus Varaˇzdin in KroatienBerichterstatter: Prof. Dr. Klaus-Peter DinseMitberichterstatter: Prof. Dr. Rolf Sch¨aferTag der Einreichung: 24.01.2006Tag der mu¨ndlichen Pru¨fung: 22.05.2006Darmstadt 2006D 17This study is a result of the work carried out from October 2002 to January2006 at the Eduard-Zintl-Institute for Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, DarmstadtUniversity of Technology, under the supervision of Prof. Dr. Klaus-Peter Dinse.It was conducted and financed as a part of the Joint Research Project 595 ElectricFatigue in Functional Materials of the German Science Foundation.AcknowledgementsI wish to thank to all the people who supported me throughout this work andcontributed to this study. Especially I would like to thank to ...... my supervisor Prof. Dr. Klaus-Peter Dinse;... my project leader Dr. Ru¨diger-Albert Eichel;... Prof. Dr. Michael B¨ohm for proofreading;... Prof. Dr. Rolf Sch¨afer for agreeing to be coreferent of the thesis;... and the other members of our research group: Dipl. Ing. Bj¨orn Corzilius, Dr.Ing. Armin Gembus, Dipl. Geol. Ulla Henkes, Dr. Ing. Peter Jakes, Dr. Ing. ElvirRami´c,Dr.