Nature Communications (Aug 2020)
Dielectric ordering of water molecules arranged in a dipolar lattice
- M. A. Belyanchikov,
- M. Savinov,
- Z. V. Bedran,
- P. Bednyakov,
- P. Proschek,
- J. Prokleska,
- V. A. Abalmasov,
- J. Petzelt,
- E. S. Zhukova,
- V. G. Thomas,
- A. Dudka,
- A. Zhugayevych,
- A. S. Prokhorov,
- V. B. Anzin,
- R. K. Kremer,
- J. K. H. Fischer,
- P. Lunkenheimer,
- A. Loidl,
- E. Uykur,
- M. Dressel,
- B. Gorshunov
Affiliations
- M. A. Belyanchikov
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (National Research University)
- M. Savinov
- Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences
- Z. V. Bedran
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (National Research University)
- P. Bednyakov
- Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences
- P. Proschek
- Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University
- J. Prokleska
- Department of Condensed Matter Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University
- V. A. Abalmasov
- Institute of Automation and Electrometry SB RAS
- J. Petzelt
- Institute of Physics, Czech Academy of Sciences
- E. S. Zhukova
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (National Research University)
- V. G. Thomas
- Sobolev Institute of Geology and Mineralogy, RAS
- A. Dudka
- Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography, “Crystallography and Photonics”, Russian Academy of Sciences
- A. Zhugayevych
- Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology
- A. S. Prokhorov
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (National Research University)
- V. B. Anzin
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (National Research University)
- R. K. Kremer
- Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung
- J. K. H. Fischer
- Experimental Physics V, University of Augsburg
- P. Lunkenheimer
- Experimental Physics V, University of Augsburg
- A. Loidl
- Experimental Physics V, University of Augsburg
- E. Uykur
- 1.Physikalisches Institut, Universität Stuttgart
- M. Dressel
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (National Research University)
- B. Gorshunov
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (National Research University)
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-17832-y
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 11,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Despite the apparent simplicity of a H2O molecule, the mutual ferroelectric ordering of the molecules is unresolved. Here, the authors realize a macroscopic ferroelectric phase transition in a network of dipole-dipole coupled water molecules located in nanopores of gemstone.
