Nature Communications (Jul 2016)
The origin of incipient ferroelectricity in lead telluride
- M. P. Jiang,
- M. Trigo,
- I. Savić,
- S. Fahy,
- É. D. Murray,
- C. Bray,
- J. Clark,
- T. Henighan,
- M. Kozina,
- M. Chollet,
- J. M. Glownia,
- M. C. Hoffmann,
- D. Zhu,
- O. Delaire,
- A. F. May,
- B. C. Sales,
- A. M. Lindenberg,
- P. Zalden,
- T. Sato,
- R. Merlin,
- D. A. Reis
Affiliations
- M. P. Jiang
- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- M. Trigo
- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- I. Savić
- Tyndall National Institute, Lee Maltings Complex, Dyke Parade
- S. Fahy
- Tyndall National Institute, Lee Maltings Complex, Dyke Parade
- É. D. Murray
- Tyndall National Institute, Lee Maltings Complex, Dyke Parade
- C. Bray
- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- J. Clark
- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- T. Henighan
- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- M. Kozina
- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- M. Chollet
- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- J. M. Glownia
- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- M. C. Hoffmann
- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- D. Zhu
- Linac Coherent Light Source, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- O. Delaire
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University
- A. F. May
- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- B. C. Sales
- Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- A. M. Lindenberg
- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- P. Zalden
- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- T. Sato
- RIKEN SPring-8 Center
- R. Merlin
- Department of Physics, University of Michigan
- D. A. Reis
- Stanford PULSE Institute, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12291
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 7,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 9
Abstract
Group IV–VI materials often exist in a state near an electronic or structural phase transition. Here, the authors use ultrafast X-ray scattering to show that coupling of band-edge electrons and phonons causes the ferroelectric instability observed in lead telluride.
