Stabilization of Polar Nanoregions in Pb-free Ferroelectrics

Pramanick, A.; Dmowski, Wojciech; Egami, Takeshi; Budisuharto, A. Setiadi; Weyland, F.; Novak, N.; Christianson, Andrew D.; Borreguero, J. M.; Abernathy, Douglas L.; Jorgensen, M. R. V.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.207603

Title: Stabilization of Polar Nanoregions in Pb-free Ferroelectrics

Journal Article · Fri May 18 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.207603· OSTI ID:1440833

Pramanick, A. ^[1]; Dmowski, Wojciech ^[2]; Egami, Takeshi ^[2]; Budisuharto, A. Setiadi ^[1]; Weyland, F. ^[3]; Novak, N. ^[3];

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^[4]; Jorgensen, M. R. V. ^[5]

City Univ. of Hong Kong, Kowloon Tong (Hong Kong SAR)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Technische Univ. Darmstadt, Darmstadt (Germany)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Aarhus Univ., Aarhus C (Denmark); Lund Univ., Lund (Sweden)

In this study, the formation of polar nanoregions through solid-solution additions is known to enhance significantly the functional properties of ferroelectric materials. Despite considerable progress in characterizing the microscopic behavior of polar nanoregions (PNR), understanding their real-space atomic structure and dynamics of their formation remains a considerable challenge. Here, using the method of dynamic pair distribution function, we provide direct insights into the role of solid-solution additions towards the stabilization of polar nanoregions in the Pb-free ferroelectric of Ba(Zr,Ti)O₃. It is shown that for an optimum level of substitution of Ti by larger Zr ions, the dynamics of atomic displacements for ferroelectric polarization are slowed sufficiently below THz frequencies, which leads to increased local correlation among dipoles within PNRs. The dynamic pair distribution function technique demonstrates a unique capability to obtain insights into locally correlated atomic dynamics in disordered materials, including new Pb-free ferroelectrics, which is necessary to understand and control their functional properties.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1440833

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1437680

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 120, Issue 20; ISSN 0031-9007

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