Kinetics of the stress induced phase transition in quartz by real-time neutron scattering

Real-time stroboscopic neutron scattering has been used to investigate the time evolution of the phase transition in quartz Under periodic external stresses relaxation times of the order 1 s are observed and the incommensurate phase exhibits a different stability regime as compared to static conditions. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.