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Asymmetric structure of 90 deg. domain walls and interactions with defects in PbTiO3

Chandrasekaran, Anand  
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Wei, Xian-Kui
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Feigl, Ludwig  
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2016
Physical Review B

We investigate the atomistic structure of ferroelastic-ferroelectric 90 degrees domain walls in PbTiO3 with first-principles calculations and high-resolution scanning transmission electron microscopy. We find sharp discontinuities in the variation of lattice parameters across the domain walls. Unexpectedly, the two neighboring domains become asymmetric across the boundary, giving rise to primitive unit cells with large tetragonality ratios (c/a) of the order of 1.11 close to the boundary. The variation of the domain wall structure with respect to strain is demonstrated. We show that oxygen vacancies are attracted to the plane adjacent to the 90 degrees domain wall. The mechanisms of domain wall pinning by oxygen vacancies is explained based on the energy landscape of the vacancies in the presence of the domain interface.

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DOI
10.1103/PhysRevB.93.144102
Web of Science ID

WOS:000373311500003

Author(s)
Chandrasekaran, Anand  
Wei, Xian-Kui
Feigl, Ludwig  
Damjanovic, Dragan  
Setter, Nava  
Marzari, Nicola
Date Issued

2016

Publisher

Amer Physical Soc

Published in
Physical Review B
Volume

93

Issue

14

Article Number

144102

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REVIEWED

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April 5, 2016
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