Evidence of Athermal Metastable Phase in a Halide Perovskite: Optically Tracked Thermal-Breach Memory

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Autori principali: Mukhuti, Kingshuk, Kundu, Satyaki, Pariari, Debasmita, Kalauni, Deepesh, Mohanty, Ashutosh, Bajaj, Aniket, Sarma, D. D., Bansal, Bhavtosh
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author Mukhuti, Kingshuk
Kundu, Satyaki
Pariari, Debasmita
Kalauni, Deepesh
Mohanty, Ashutosh
Bajaj, Aniket
Sarma, D. D.
Bansal, Bhavtosh
author_facet Mukhuti, Kingshuk
Kundu, Satyaki
Pariari, Debasmita
Kalauni, Deepesh
Mohanty, Ashutosh
Bajaj, Aniket
Sarma, D. D.
Bansal, Bhavtosh
contents Halide perovskite materials have been extensively studied in the last decade because of their impressive optoelectronic properties. However, their one characteristic that is uncommon for semiconductors is that many undergo thermally induced structural phase transitions. The transition is hysteretic, with the hysteresis window marking the boundary of the metastable phase. We have discovered that in methylammonium lead iodide, this hysteretic metastable phase is athermal, meaning it shows almost no temporal phase evolution under isothermal conditions. We also show that a large number of distinguishable metastable states can be prepared following different thermal pathways. Furthermore, under a reversible thermal perturbation, the states in the metastable phase either show return-point memory or undergo a systematic nonrecoverable phase evolution, depending on the thermal history and the sign of the temperature perturbation. Since the phase fraction can be probed with extreme sensitivity via luminescence, we have an optically retrievable memory that reliably records any breach in temperature stability. Such thermal-breach memory in athermal martensites, of which there are numerous examples, may be useful for tagging packages requiring strict temperature control during transportation or preservation.
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spellingShingle Evidence of Athermal Metastable Phase in a Halide Perovskite: Optically Tracked Thermal-Breach Memory
Mukhuti, Kingshuk
Kundu, Satyaki
Pariari, Debasmita
Kalauni, Deepesh
Mohanty, Ashutosh
Bajaj, Aniket
Sarma, D. D.
Bansal, Bhavtosh
Materials Science
Halide perovskite materials have been extensively studied in the last decade because of their impressive optoelectronic properties. However, their one characteristic that is uncommon for semiconductors is that many undergo thermally induced structural phase transitions. The transition is hysteretic, with the hysteresis window marking the boundary of the metastable phase. We have discovered that in methylammonium lead iodide, this hysteretic metastable phase is athermal, meaning it shows almost no temporal phase evolution under isothermal conditions. We also show that a large number of distinguishable metastable states can be prepared following different thermal pathways. Furthermore, under a reversible thermal perturbation, the states in the metastable phase either show return-point memory or undergo a systematic nonrecoverable phase evolution, depending on the thermal history and the sign of the temperature perturbation. Since the phase fraction can be probed with extreme sensitivity via luminescence, we have an optically retrievable memory that reliably records any breach in temperature stability. Such thermal-breach memory in athermal martensites, of which there are numerous examples, may be useful for tagging packages requiring strict temperature control during transportation or preservation.
title Evidence of Athermal Metastable Phase in a Halide Perovskite: Optically Tracked Thermal-Breach Memory
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.04534