Dynamics of lattice disorder in perovskite materials, polarization nanoclusters and ferroelectric domain wall structures

J Očenášek, J Minár, J Alcalá - npj Computational Materials, 2023 - nature.com
The nexus between classic ferroelectricity and the structure of perovskite materials hinges
on the concept of lattice disorder. Although the ordered perovskites display short-range …

Thermodynamics and dielectric response of BaTiO3 by data-driven modeling

L Gigli, M Veit, M Kotiuga, G Pizzi, N Marzari… - npj Computational …, 2022 - nature.com
Modeling ferroelectric materials from first principles is one of the successes of density-
functional theory and the driver of much development effort, requiring an accurate …

Structural analysis and photocatalytic activities of bismuth-lanthanide oxide perovskites

RH Alzard, LA Siddig, AS Abdelhamid… - Journal of Solid State …, 2024 - Elsevier
A series of pure bismuth-lanthanide oxide perovskites of the formula of BiLnO 3 (Ln= Sm,
Eu, Tb, Er and Ho) has been synthesized via simple sol-gel methods. The elemental …

First-Principles Thermodynamics of CsSnI3

L Monacelli, N Marzari - Chemistry of Materials, 2023 - ACS Publications
CsSnI3 is a promising ecofriendly solution for energy harvesting technologies. It exists at
room temperature in either a black perovskite polymorph or a yellow 1D double-chain, which …

Nature of electro-optic response in tetragonal

I Kim, T Paoletta, AA Demkov - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Barium titanate, BaTi O 3 (BTO), has emerged as a promising electro-optic material with
applications in silicon photonics. It boasts one of the largest known electro-optic coefficients; …

Understanding the role of Hubbard corrections in the rhombohedral phase of

G Gebreyesus, L Bastonero, M Kotiuga, N Marzari… - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
We present a first-principles study of the low-temperature rhombohedral phase of BaTiO 3
using Hubbard-corrected density-functional theory. By employing density-functional …

Intrinsic local symmetry breaking in nominally cubic paraelectric

XG Zhao, OI Malyi, SJL Billinge, A Zunger - Physical Review B, 2022 - APS
Whereas at low-temperatures ferroelectrics have a well understood ordered spatial dipole
arrangement, the fate of these dipole configurations in the higher temperature paraelectric …

Modeling the ferroelectric phase transition in barium titanate with DFT accuracy and converged sampling

L Gigli, A Goscinski, M Ceriotti, GA Tribello - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
The accurate description of the structural and thermodynamic properties of ferroelectrics has
been one of the most remarkable achievements of density functional theory (DFT). However …

Temperature-induced suppression of structural disproportionation in paramagnetic quantum materials

H Joshi, M Wlazło, HR Gopidi, OI Malyi - Journal of Applied Physics, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
With the development of electronic structure theory, a new class of materials—quantum ones—
has been recognized by the community. Traditionally, it has been believed that the …

High-temperature thermal conductivity of ferroelectric and antiferroelectric perovskites

M Tachibana, C Bourgès, T Mori - Applied Physics Express, 2022 - iopscience.iop.org
We report thermal conductivity (κ) above 300 K for perovskite ferroelectrics BaTiO 3 (T c≈
402 K) and PbTiO 3 (763 K), as well as antiferroelectrics PbZrO 3 (503 K) and PbHfO 3 (476 …