Zero Temperature Quantities Controlling the Ferroelectric Curie Temperature.

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Abstract

Ferroelectric materials show spontaneous, reversible ionic displacement and induced spontaneous electrical polarization below the Curie temperature, TC. The displaced charge density can directly couple to an external electrical field with applications in SONAR, electromechanical energy harvesting, and transduction. The elastic properties of a materials may contain information associated with local distortion and provide qualitative descriptors for temperature effects. Using AFLOWπ, we have implemented and tested the accuracy of the Lagrangian methodology of elastic constants for selected alkali halides with NaCl and CsCl structure and for selected rocksalt carbides and nitrides. We expanded this approach to a few ferroelectric materials in the perovskite family. Data available through the AFLOWLIB and other repositories were used to establish correlations between zero temperature quantities and the experimentally observed TC. We will discuss the results of our statistical analysis and how low zero temperature descriptors such as ionic displacement and elastic constants can be used to accelerate materials discovery and design in the technologically important class of ferroelectrics.

*Funding support from Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant MI, USA.

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Presenters

  • Sharad Mahatara

    • Department of Physics, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces NM, USA, Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant MI, USA

Authors

  • Sharad Mahatara

    • Department of Physics, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces NM, USA, Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant MI, USA

  • Andrew Supka

    • Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant MI, USA

  • Boris Kiefer

    • New Mexico State University
    • Department of Physics, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces NM, USA
    • New Mexico State Univ

  • Troy Lyons

    • Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant MI, USA

  • Laalitha Liyanage

    • Department of Physics and Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton TX, USA

  • Pino D'Amico

    • CNR-NANO Research Center S3, Via Campi 213/a 41125 Modena, Italy

  • Rabih Al Rahal Al Orabi

    • Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant MI, USA

  • Priya Gopal

    • Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant MI, USA

  • Cromac Toher

    • Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics and Department of Chemistry, Duke University

  • Arrigo Calzolari

    • Department of Physics and Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton TX, USA

  • Stefano Curtarola

    • Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics and Department of Chemistry, Duke University

  • Marco Buongiorno Nardelli

    • Department of Physics and Department of Chemistry, University of North Texas, Denton TX, USA, Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics and Chemistry, Duke University

  • Marco Fornari

    • Department of Physics, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant MI, USA, Materials Science, Electrical Engineering, Physics and Chemistry, Duke University