Ferroelectricity in strained Ca0.5Sr0.5TiO3 from first principles

We present a density-functional theory investigation of strained Ca[subscript 0.5]Sr[subscript 0.5]TiO[subscript 3] (CSTO). We have determined the structure and polarization for a number of arrangements of Ca and Sr in a 2×2×2 supercell. The a and b lattice vectors are strained to match the lattice...

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Główni autorzy: Halilov, Samed, Ashman, Christopher R., Hellberg, C. Stephen
Kolejni autorzy: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Materials Science and Engineering
Format: Artykuł
Język:en_US
Wydane: American Physical Society 2011
Dostęp online:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/60914
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Streszczenie:We present a density-functional theory investigation of strained Ca[subscript 0.5]Sr[subscript 0.5]TiO[subscript 3] (CSTO). We have determined the structure and polarization for a number of arrangements of Ca and Sr in a 2×2×2 supercell. The a and b lattice vectors are strained to match the lattice constants of the rotated Si(001) face. To set the context for the CSTO study, we also include simulations of the Si(001) constrained structures for CaTiO[sibscrript 3] and SrTiO[subscript 3]. Our primary findings are that all Ca[subscript 0.5]Sr[subscript 0.5]TiO[subscript 3] structures examined except one are ferroelectric, exhibiting polarizations ranging from 0.08 C/m[superscript 2] for the lowest energy configuration to about 0.26 C/m[superscript 2] for the higher energy configurations. We find that the configurations with larger polarizations have lower c/a ratios. The net polarization of the cell is the result of Ti-O ferroelectric displacements regulated by A-site cations.