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Article Dans Une Revue Physical Review B Année : 2022

Finite-size effects on ferroelectricity in rhombohedral HfO 2

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In this work we analyze the finite-size effects on the structural properties and on the polarization of the rhombohedral phase of HfO2 subjected to a biaxial compressive strain. We show how the presence of surface charges affects the polarization, leading to a strong reduction with respect to its bulk value. This reduction can be ascribed to two mechanisms: (i) the coupling between compressive strain and the phase-transition order parameter; (ii) the changes in the ferroelectric distortion. We give two alternative explanations of this phenomenon: From an atomistic point of view, analyzing the evolution of the bond lengths, and from a symmetryanalysis point of view, considering the changes in the amplitude of the symmetry-allowed distortions, when a slab configuration is considered. These results are in dependent of the slabthickness in the considered range, suggesting the absence of a critical thickness for ferroelectricity in HfO2, in agreement with the proposed improper nature of hafnia ferroelectricity.

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hal-04465894 , version 1 (19-02-2024)

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Francesco Delodovici, Paolo Barone, Silvia Picozzi. Finite-size effects on ferroelectricity in rhombohedral HfO 2. Physical Review B, 2022, 106 (11), pp.115438. ⟨10.1103/PhysRevB.106.115438⟩. ⟨hal-04465894⟩
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