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Title: Pressure-induced phase transition and phonon softening in h–Lu0.6Sc0.4FeO3

Abstract

We combine diamond anvil cell techniques, synchrotron-based infrared and Raman scattering spectroscopies, a symmetry analysis, and complementary lattice dynamics calculations to explore the pressure-driven phase transition in multiferroic h-Lu0.6Sc0.4FeO3. Comparison of the measured and predicted phonon patterns reveals a P63cm → P¯3c1 structural transition at 15 GPa. Furthermore, symmetry breaking across the polar → antipolar transition takes place via changes in the bipyramidal tilting direction and Lu/Sc displacement pattern, analogous to the strain driven K3 distortion pathway in h-LuFeO3 and temperature-induced transitions in the rare-earth manganites.

Authors:
 [1]; ORCiD logo [2];  [1];  [1];  [3];  [4];  [2]; ORCiD logo [1]
  1. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
  2. Univ. of California, Merced, CA (United States)
  3. Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ (United States); Pohang Univ. of Science and Technology (Korea)
  4. Univ. of Illinois, Chicago, IL (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
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)
OSTI Identifier:
1824201
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1831747; OSTI ID: 1865799
Grant/Contract Number:  
NA0003975; AC98-06CH10886; SC0012704; FG02-01ER45885
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review B
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 104; Journal Issue: 9; 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; Ferroelectricity; Lattice dynamics; Order parameters; Phase transitions; Pressure effects; Ferrites; Multiferroics; Transition-metal rare-earth alloys; Density functional calculations; Pressure techniques; Raman spectroscopy; pressure-driven phase transitions; phonon softening; Ferroelectrics, phase transitions, phonons

Citation Formats

Smith, K. A., Ramkumar, S. P., Harms, N. C., Clune, A. J., Cheong, S. -W., Liu, Z., Nowadnick, E. A., and Musfeldt, J. L. Pressure-induced phase transition and phonon softening in h–Lu0.6Sc0.4FeO3. United States: N. p., 2021. Web. doi:10.1103/physrevb.104.094109.
Smith, K. A., Ramkumar, S. P., Harms, N. C., Clune, A. J., Cheong, S. -W., Liu, Z., Nowadnick, E. A., & Musfeldt, J. L. Pressure-induced phase transition and phonon softening in h–Lu0.6Sc0.4FeO3. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.104.094109
Smith, K. A., Ramkumar, S. P., Harms, N. C., Clune, A. J., Cheong, S. -W., Liu, Z., Nowadnick, E. A., and Musfeldt, J. L. Fri . "Pressure-induced phase transition and phonon softening in h–Lu0.6Sc0.4FeO3". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevb.104.094109. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1824201.
@article{osti_1824201,
title = {Pressure-induced phase transition and phonon softening in h–Lu0.6Sc0.4FeO3},
author = {Smith, K. A. and Ramkumar, S. P. and Harms, N. C. and Clune, A. J. and Cheong, S. -W. and Liu, Z. and Nowadnick, E. A. and Musfeldt, J. L.},
abstractNote = {We combine diamond anvil cell techniques, synchrotron-based infrared and Raman scattering spectroscopies, a symmetry analysis, and complementary lattice dynamics calculations to explore the pressure-driven phase transition in multiferroic h-Lu0.6Sc0.4FeO3. Comparison of the measured and predicted phonon patterns reveals a P63cm → P¯3c1 structural transition at 15 GPa. Furthermore, symmetry breaking across the polar → antipolar transition takes place via changes in the bipyramidal tilting direction and Lu/Sc displacement pattern, analogous to the strain driven K3 distortion pathway in h-LuFeO3 and temperature-induced transitions in the rare-earth manganites.},
doi = {10.1103/physrevb.104.094109},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 9,
volume = 104,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Sep 24 00:00:00 EDT 2021},
month = {Fri Sep 24 00:00:00 EDT 2021}
}

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