Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2009-10-13
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
13 pages, 3 figure, 2 tables, 1 appendix
Scientific paper
We predict that ferroelectric phase can be induced by the strong intrinsic surface stress inevitably present under the curved surface in the high aspect ratio cylindrical nanoparticles of nonferroelectric binary oxides (BaO, EuO, MgO, etc). We calculated the sizes and temperature range of the ferroelectric phase in BaO nanowires. The analytical calculations were performed within Landau-Ginzburg-Devonshire theory with phenomenological parameters extracted from the first principle calculations [E. Bousquet et al, Strain-induced ferroelectricity in simple rocksalt binary oxides. arXiv:0906.4235v1] and tabulated experimental data. In accordance with our calculations BaO nanowires of radius ~(1-10) nm can be ferroelectric at room temperature (with spontaneous polarization values up to 0.5 C/m2) for the typical surface stress coefficients ~ (10-50) N/m. We hope that our prediction can stimulate both experimental studies of rocksalt binary oxides nanoparticles polar properties as well as the first principle calculations of their spontaneous dipole moment induced by the intrinsic stress under the curved surface.
Blinc Robert
Eliseev Eugene A.
Glinchuk Maya D.
Morozovska Anna N.
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