{"title":"Microscopic mechanisms behind hyperferroelectricity","authors":"M. Khedidji, D. Amoroso, H. Djani","doi":"10.1103/PHYSREVB.103.014116","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Hyperferroelectrics are receiving a growing interest thanks to their unique property to retain a spontaneous polarization even in presence of a depolarizing field. Nevertheless, general microscopic mechanisms driving hyperferroelectricity, which is ascribed to the softening of a polar $LO$ mode, are still missing. Here, by means of phonons calculations and force constants analysis in two class of hyperferroelectrics, the ABO$_3$-LiNbO3-type systems and the prototypical hexagonal-ABC systems, we unveiled common features in the dynamical properties of a hyperferroelectric behind such $LO$ instability: negative or vanishing on-site force constant associated to the cation driving the $LO$ polar distortion, and destabilizing cation-anion interactions, both induced by short-range forces. We also predict possible enhancement of the hyperferroelectric properties by applying an external positive pressure; pressure strengthens the destabilizing short-range interactions. Particularly, the increase in the mode effective charges associated to the unstable $LO$ mode under pressure suggests an eventual enhancement of the $D$=0 polarization under compressive strain.","PeriodicalId":8467,"journal":{"name":"arXiv: Materials Science","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2020-10-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"arXiv: Materials Science","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1103/PHYSREVB.103.014116","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Hyperferroelectrics are receiving a growing interest thanks to their unique property to retain a spontaneous polarization even in presence of a depolarizing field. Nevertheless, general microscopic mechanisms driving hyperferroelectricity, which is ascribed to the softening of a polar $LO$ mode, are still missing. Here, by means of phonons calculations and force constants analysis in two class of hyperferroelectrics, the ABO$_3$-LiNbO3-type systems and the prototypical hexagonal-ABC systems, we unveiled common features in the dynamical properties of a hyperferroelectric behind such $LO$ instability: negative or vanishing on-site force constant associated to the cation driving the $LO$ polar distortion, and destabilizing cation-anion interactions, both induced by short-range forces. We also predict possible enhancement of the hyperferroelectric properties by applying an external positive pressure; pressure strengthens the destabilizing short-range interactions. Particularly, the increase in the mode effective charges associated to the unstable $LO$ mode under pressure suggests an eventual enhancement of the $D$=0 polarization under compressive strain.