Influence of epitaxial strain on multiple-mode compounds: The case of SrBi.sub.2./sub.Nb.sub.2./sub.O.sub.9./sub.

0485260 - FZÚ 2018 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Petralanda, U. - Hlinka, Jiří - Extebarria, I.
Influence of epitaxial strain on multiple-mode compounds: The case of SrBi₂Nb₂O₉.
Physical Review B. Roč. 96, č. 14 (2017), s. 1-7, č. článku 144112. ISSN 2469-9950. E-ISSN 2469-9969
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA15-04121S
Grant - others:AV ČR(CZ) PAN-17-04
Program: Bilaterální spolupráce
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : ferroelectrics * thin films * epitaxy * ab-initio methods * phase transitions
OECD category: Condensed matter physics (including formerly solid state physics, supercond.)
Impact factor: 3.813, year: 2017

We study the effect of a tetragonal, symmetry-conserving epitaxial strain on the phase transition sequence and the onset of three symmetry-breaking modes in SrBi2Nb2O9 by first-principles calculations. The interplay of the strain variation of energy expansion coefficients results in an interesting phase diagram which includes proper, hybrid improper, and a different kind of improper ferroelectric phase transitions. The symmetries of the epitaxially stabilized phases and the possible phase-transition sequences are compared with the unstrained case.

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