Abstract:
Thermal, physical, structural, optical, and dielectric investigations have been performed for oxyfluoride solid solutions (NH$_4$)$_2$W$_{1-x}$Mo$_x$O$_2$F$_4$ ($x$ = 0, 0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4, 0.6, 0.8, 1). The character of the influence of the chemical and hydrostatic pressures on the stability of the parent (space group Cmcm) and distorted ferroelastic and antiferroelectric phases has been determined by analyzing the temperature-pressure, unit cell volume-composition, and temperature-composition phase diagrams. The specific features of the nature and mechanism of the phase transitions have been discussed using the available data on the structural, entropy, and dielectric parameters.