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The origin of incipient ferroelectricity in lead telluride
- Source :
- Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2016)
- Publication Year :
- 2016
- Publisher :
- Nature Portfolio, 2016.
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Abstract
- Group IV–VI materials often exist in a state near an electronic or structural phase transition. Here, the authors use ultrafast X-ray scattering to show that coupling of band-edge electrons and phonons causes the ferroelectric instability observed in lead telluride.
- Subjects :
- Science
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20411723
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Nature Communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.83f4952e5a204f1b813f568524223b8f
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12291