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- Title
Vibrational Analysis of Paraelectric–Ferroelectric Transition of LiNbO 3 : An Ab-Initio Quantum Mechanical Treatment.
- Authors
Gentile, Francesco Silvio; Diana, Rosita; Panunzi, Barbara; Caruso, Ugo; Platonenko, Alexander; Pascale, Fabien; Dovesi, Roberto
- Abstract
The phase transitions between paraelectric (PE) and ferroelectric (FE) isomorph phases of LiNbO 3 have been investigated quantum mechanically by using a Gaussian-type basis set, the B3LYP hybrid functional and the CRYSTAL17 code. The structural, electronic and vibrational properties of the two phases are analyzed. The vibrational frequencies evaluated at the Γ point indicate that the paraelectric phase is unstable, with a complex saddle point with four negative eigenvalues. The energy scan of the A 2 u mode at −215 cm − 1 (i215) shows a dumbbell potential with two symmetric minima. The isotopic substitution, performed on the Li and Nb atoms, allows interpretation of the nontrivial mechanism of the phase transition. The ferroelectric phase is more stable than the paraelectric one by 0.32 eV.
- Subjects
PHASE transitions; EIGENVALUES; LITHIUM niobate; ATOMS; LEAD titanate; DUMBBELLS
- Publication
Symmetry (20738994), 2021, Vol 13, Issue 9, p1650
- ISSN
2073-8994
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/sym13091650