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The origin of incipient ferroelectricity in lead telluride

Authors :
M. P. Jiang
M. Trigo
I. Savić
S. Fahy
É. D. Murray
C. Bray
J. Clark
T. Henighan
M. Kozina
M. Chollet
J. M. Glownia
M. C. Hoffmann
D. Zhu
O. Delaire
A. F. May
B. C. Sales
A. M. Lindenberg
P. Zalden
T. Sato
R. Merlin
D. A. Reis
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 7, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2016)
Publication Year :
2016
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2016.

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

Subjects :
Science

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