Ab initio investigation of competing instabilities in ferroelectric perovskite PbTiO3

Details Ab initio investigation of competing instabilities in ferroelectric perovskite PbTiO3 Ab initio investigation of competing instabilities in ferroelectric perovskite PbTiO3

2012-04-16

arxiv.org/abs/1204.3394v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

5 pages, 4 figures

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We have developed first-principles models, based on a general parametrization of the full potential-energy surface, to investigate the lattice-dynamical properties of perovskite oxides. We discuss the application of our method to prototypic ferroelectric PbTiO3, showing that its properties are drastically affected by a competition between structural instabilities. Indeed, we confirm previous indications that the destructive interaction between the ferroelectric and antiferrodistortive (involving rotations of the O6 octahedra) soft modes shifts PbTiO3's Curie temperature by hundreds of degrees. Our theory provides unique insight into this gigantic effect and its dynamical character.

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