Phase Transitions in Nanoscale SrTiO$_{\mathrm{3}}$

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Abstract

Free standing SrTiO$_{\mathrm{3}}$ has recently been shown to be polar for \textasciitilde 10 nm particles (APL 105, 091901 (2014)). We have conducted pressure dependent x-ray diffraction on monodispersed nanoscale samples with varying particle size. Distinctly different behavior is found in the diffraction patterns for sample with reduced size. The nature of the low temperature polar state under pressure will be discussed. The results are compared with reported work on bulk SrTiO$_{\mathrm{3.\thinspace }}$This work is supported by DOE Grant DE-FG02-07ER46402.

Authors

  • Tian Yu

    • New Jersey Institute of Technology
  • Han Zhang

    • New Jersey Institute of Technology
  • Mark Croft

    • Rutgers University
  • Megan Scofield

    • State University of New York at Stony Brook
  • Dara Bobb-Semple

    • State University of New York at Stony Brook
  • Jing Tao

    • Brookhaven National Laboratory
  • Cherno Jaye

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • Daniel Fisher

    • National Institute of Standards and Technology
  • Stanislaus Wong

    • State University of New York at Stony Brook
  • Trevor Tyson

    • New Jersey Institute of Technology