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Phys Rev Lett. 2005 Nov 04;95(19):196804. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.196804. Epub 2005 Oct 31.

Ferroelectricity of perovskites under pressure.

Physical review letters

Igor A Kornev, L Bellaiche, P Bouvier, P-E Janolin, B Dkhil, J Kreisel

Affiliations

  1. Physics Department, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72701, USA. [email protected]

PMID: 16384010 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.95.196804

Abstract

Ab initio simulations and experimental techniques are combined to reveal that, unlike what was commonly accepted for more than 30 years, perovskites and related materials enhance their ferroelectricity as hydrostatic pressure increases above a critical value. This unexpected high-pressure ferroelectricity is different in nature from conventional ferroelectricity because it is driven by an original electronic effect rather by long-range interactions.

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