An antisite defect mechanism for room temperature ferroelectricity in orthoferrites

Shuai Ning; Abinash Kumar; Konstantin Klyukin; Eunsoo Cho; Jong Heon Kim; Tingyu Su; Hyun-Suk Kim; James M. LeBeau; Bilge Yildiz; Caroline A. Ross

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-24592-w

Nature Communications (Jul 2021)

An antisite defect mechanism for room temperature ferroelectricity in orthoferrites

Shuai Ning,
Abinash Kumar,
Konstantin Klyukin,
Eunsoo Cho,
Jong Heon Kim,
Tingyu Su,
Hyun-Suk Kim,
James M. LeBeau,
Bilge Yildiz,
Caroline A. Ross

Affiliations

Shuai Ning: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Abinash Kumar: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Konstantin Klyukin: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Eunsoo Cho: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jong Heon Kim: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Chungnam National University
Tingyu Su: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Hyun-Suk Kim: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Chungnam National University
James M. LeBeau: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Bilge Yildiz: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Caroline A. Ross: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-24592-w
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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Ferroelectricity in orthoferrite perovskites has stimulated intense research, but the mechanism remains unclear. Here, the authors propose an antisite defect mechanism for introducing ferroelectricity in magnetically ordered YFeO3 and the family of rare earth orthoferrites.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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