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Title: Effect of Ligand Polarity on the Internal Dipoles and Ferroelectric Distortion in BaTiO3 Nanocubes

Journal Article · · Chemistry - A European Journal

Abstract Surface adsorbates and surrounding matrix species have been demonstrated to affect the properties of nanoscale ferroelectrics and nanoscale ferroelectric composites; potentially counteracting performance losses that can occur in small particle sizes. In this work, the effects of nonpolar oleic acid (OA) and polar tetrafluoroborate (BF 4 ) ligand capping on the surface of various sizes of BaTiO 3 nanocubes have been investigated with combined neutron diffraction and neutron pair distribution function (PDF), density functional theory (DFT), and ab initio molecular dynamics (AIMD) methods. The low real space PDF region provides an unobstructed view of rhombohedral (split short and long) Ti−O distances in BaTiO 3 nanocubes, mimicking the well‐established order‐disorder local structure found in bulk BaTiO 3 . Interestingly, the intermediate‐range order in nanocubes is found to be orthorhombic, rather than tetragonal. It is concluded that polar ligands adsorbed at BaTiO 3 surfaces stabilize the correlation length scale of local rhombohedral distortions in ferroelectric nanoparticles relative to nonpolar ligands.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); Central Michigan University; Research Development and Innovation Funding (Romania)
Grant/Contract Number:
AC05-00OR22725; PN-III−P4-ID-PCCF2016-0175; KC040602
OSTI ID:
1846547
Alternate ID(s):
OSTI ID: 1781922
Journal Information:
Chemistry - A European Journal, Vol. 27, Issue 32; ISSN 0947-6539
Publisher:
ChemPubSoc EuropeCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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