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dc.contributor.authorMcNulty, Jason A.
dc.contributor.authorTran, T. Thao
dc.contributor.authorHalasyamani, P. Shiv
dc.contributor.authorMcCartan, Shane
dc.contributor.authorMacLaren, Ian
dc.contributor.authorGibbs, Alexandra
dc.contributor.authorLim, Felicia
dc.contributor.authorTurner, Patrick
dc.contributor.authorGregg, J. Marty
dc.contributor.authorLightfoot, Philip
dc.contributor.authorMorrison, Finlay D.
dc.date.accessioned2020-08-06T23:34:35Z
dc.date.available2020-08-06T23:34:35Z
dc.date.issued2019-10-04
dc.identifier260458813
dc.identifier91ebf531-b8b1-42de-80bc-0a3a6dcec3f5
dc.identifier85070682821
dc.identifier000480173200001
dc.identifier.citationMcNulty , J A , Tran , T T , Halasyamani , P S , McCartan , S , MacLaren , I , Gibbs , A , Lim , F , Turner , P , Gregg , J M , Lightfoot , P & Morrison , F D 2019 , ' An electronically driven improper ferroelectric : tungsten bronzes as microstructural analogs for the hexagonal manganites ' , Advanced Materials , vol. 31 , no. 40 , 1903620 . https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201903620en
dc.identifier.issn0935-9648
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0001-7048-3982/work/60426729
dc.identifier.otherORCID: /0000-0002-2813-3142/work/60427076
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10023/20422
dc.descriptionJAM would like to acknowledge the School of Chemistry, University of St Andrews for the allocation of a PhD studentship through the EPSRC doctoral training grant (EP/ K503162/1). The work carried out at the University of St Andrews and Queens University Belfast was carried out as part of an EPSRC-funded collaboration (EP/P02453X/1 and EP/P024637/1). The work carried out at the University of Glasgow was carried out as part of the EPSRC-funded CDT in Photonic Integration and Advanced Data Storage (EP/L015323/1). TTT and PSH thank the Welch Foundation (Grant E-1457) and NSF (DMR-1503573) for support.en
dc.description.abstractSince the observation that the properties of ferroic domain walls (DWs) can differ significantly from the bulk materials in which they are formed, it has been realized that domain wall engineering offers exciting new opportunities for nanoelectronics and nanodevice architectures. Here, a novel improper ferroelectric, CsNbW2O9, with the hexagonal tungsten bronze structure, is reported. Powder neutron diffraction and symmetry mode analysis indicate that the improper transition (TC = 1100 K) involves unit cell tripling, reminiscent of the hexagonal rare earth manganites. However, in contrast to the manganites the symmetry breaking in CsNbW2O9 is electronically driven (i.e., purely displacive) via the second-order Jahn-Teller effect in contrast to the geometrically-driven tilt mechanism of the manganites. Nevertheless CsNbW2O9 displays the same kinds of domain microstructure as those found in the manganites, such as the characteristic six-domain "cloverleaf" vertices and DW sections with polar discontinuities. The discovery of a completely new material system, with domain patterns already known to generate interesting functionality in the manganites, is important for the emerging field of DW nanoelectronics.
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dc.language.isoeng
dc.relation.ispartofAdvanced Materialsen
dc.subjectImproper ferroelectricityen
dc.subjectFerroelectricsen
dc.subjectDomain wallsen
dc.subjectStructure-property relationshipsen
dc.subjectQC Physicsen
dc.subjectQD Chemistryen
dc.subjectNDASen
dc.subjectBDCen
dc.subjectR2Cen
dc.subject.lccQCen
dc.subject.lccQDen
dc.titleAn electronically driven improper ferroelectric : tungsten bronzes as microstructural analogs for the hexagonal manganitesen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.contributor.sponsorEPSRCen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. School of Chemistryen
dc.contributor.institutionUniversity of St Andrews. EaSTCHEMen
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/adma.201903620
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.date.embargoedUntil2020-08-07
dc.identifier.grantnumberEP/P024637/1en


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