Band Gap and Edge Engineering via Ferroic Distortion and Anisotropic Strain: The Case of SrTiO$_{3}$

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2011-09-06

arxiv.org/abs/1109.1271v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

5 pages, 5 figures. To be published in Phys. Rev. Lett

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The effects of ferroic distortion and biaxial strain on the band gap and band edges of SrTiO$_{3}$ (STO) are calculated using density functional theory and many-body perturbation theory. Anisotropic strains are shown to reduce the gap by breaking degeneracies at the band edges. Ferroic distortions are shown to widen the gap by allowing new band edge orbital mixings. Compressive biaxial strains raise band edge energies, while tensile strains lower them. To reduce the STO gap, one must lower the symmetry from cubic while suppressing ferroic distortions. Our calculations indicate that for engineered orientation of the growth direction along [111], the STO gap can be controllably and considerably reduced at room temperature.

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