Avalanche-like hybrid-improper ferroelectric transition in SrBi2Nb2O9

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Improper-ferroelectrics (FE) are the backbone to development towards room-temperature multiferroics and carry the immense technological potential for next-generation data-storage and energy conversion. This class of FEs differs from displacive FEs (i.e. BaTiO3) as ferroelectricity is induced by anharmonic coupling between a (multiple) non-polar and a polar mode. With the proposed work, we aim to measure the condensation of non-polar and polar modes and confirm the theoretically proposed transition path. These polar and non-polar modes involve motions of heavy (Bi) and light (O) atoms, consequently, their energy scales are vastly different allowing for separation of dynamics on powder samples. Detailed T-dependent phonon measurements will also enable us to probe unusual T-dependence of polarization, which deviates strongly from square-root law because of the anharmonic coupling.

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DOI https://doi.org/10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1968028-1
Metadata Access https://icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk/oaipmh/request?verb=GetRecord&metadataPrefix=oai_datacite&identifier=oai:icatisis.esc.rl.ac.uk:inv/108676845
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Creator Professor Dipanshu Bansal; Mr ANSHUL JAIN; Mr ADITYA ROY; Mr Arush Gupta; Dr Duc Le
Publisher ISIS Neutron and Muon Source
Publication Year 2022
Rights CC-BY Attribution 4.0 International; https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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Contact isisdata(at)stfc.ac.uk
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Discipline Natural Sciences; Physics
Temporal Coverage Begin 2019-12-04T08:30:00Z
Temporal Coverage End 2019-12-07T12:22:03Z