The origin of incipient ferroelectricity in lead telluride
oleh: 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
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| Diterbitkan: | Nature Portfolio 2016-07-01 |
Deskripsi
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.