Revealing pressure-driven structural transitions in the hybrid improper ferroelectric Sr3Sn2O7
Abstract
In this work, we combine diamond anvil cell techniques and synchrotron-based infrared spectroscopy with a detailed symmetry analysis and lattice dynamics calculations to uncover a series of pressure induced structural phase transitions in the hybrid improper ferroelectric Sr3Sn2O7. The microscopic character of each high pressure phase is determined by comparing the measured spectrum with the predicted vibrational patterns of several related but distinct candidate space groups. Our analysis reveals a sequence of compression-induced transitions from A21am ↔ Pnab ↔ Acaa ↔ I4/mmm at room temperature. Remarkably, this space group progression matches the sequence of temperature-dependent structural transitions observed in Sr3Sn2O7 between 77 and 1000 K. Other hybrid improper ferroelectrics display a similar set of transitions, suggesting that pressure and probably strain will be very effective tuning parameters for this entire class of materials.
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- Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Univ. of California, Merced, CA (United States)
- Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ (United States)
- Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, IL (United States)
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- Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, IL (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1820161
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1831748; OSTI ID: 1865800
- Grant/Contract Number:
- NA0003975; SC0012704; AC98-06CH10886; FG02-01ER45885; DMR-1629059; EAR-1606856
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review B
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 104; Journal Issue: 6; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; hybrid improper ferroelectricity; P - phase diagram; hybrid improper ferroelectrics, phase diagrams, phonons
Citation Formats
Smith, K. A., Ramkumar, S. P., Harms, N. C., Clune, A. J., Xu, X., Cheong, S. -W., Liu, Z., Nowadnick, E. A., and Musfeldt, J. L. Revealing pressure-driven structural transitions in the hybrid improper ferroelectric Sr3Sn2O7. United States: N. p., 2021.
Web. doi:10.1103/physrevb.104.064106.
Smith, K. A., Ramkumar, S. P., Harms, N. C., Clune, A. J., Xu, X., Cheong, S. -W., Liu, Z., Nowadnick, E. A., & Musfeldt, J. L. Revealing pressure-driven structural transitions in the hybrid improper ferroelectric Sr3Sn2O7. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.104.064106
Smith, K. A., Ramkumar, S. P., Harms, N. C., Clune, A. J., Xu, X., Cheong, S. -W., Liu, Z., Nowadnick, E. A., and Musfeldt, J. L. Thu .
"Revealing pressure-driven structural transitions in the hybrid improper ferroelectric Sr3Sn2O7". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.104.064106. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1820161.
@article{osti_1820161,
title = {Revealing pressure-driven structural transitions in the hybrid improper ferroelectric Sr3Sn2O7},
author = {Smith, K. A. and Ramkumar, S. P. and Harms, N. C. and Clune, A. J. and Xu, X. and Cheong, S. -W. and Liu, Z. and Nowadnick, E. A. and Musfeldt, J. L.},
abstractNote = {In this work, we combine diamond anvil cell techniques and synchrotron-based infrared spectroscopy with a detailed symmetry analysis and lattice dynamics calculations to uncover a series of pressure induced structural phase transitions in the hybrid improper ferroelectric Sr3Sn2O7. The microscopic character of each high pressure phase is determined by comparing the measured spectrum with the predicted vibrational patterns of several related but distinct candidate space groups. Our analysis reveals a sequence of compression-induced transitions from A21am ↔ Pnab ↔ Acaa ↔ I4/mmm at room temperature. Remarkably, this space group progression matches the sequence of temperature-dependent structural transitions observed in Sr3Sn2O7 between 77 and 1000 K. Other hybrid improper ferroelectrics display a similar set of transitions, suggesting that pressure and probably strain will be very effective tuning parameters for this entire class of materials.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevb.104.064106},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 6,
volume = 104,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Aug 12 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Thu Aug 12 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}
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