Goldstone-mediated polar instability in hexagonal barium titanate

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Main Authors: Simpson, S., Dey, U., Sjökvist, R. J., Wright, J., Ritter, C., Beanland, R., Bristowe, N. C., Senn, M. S.
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Published: 2025
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author Simpson, S.
Dey, U.
Sjökvist, R. J.
Wright, J.
Ritter, C.
Beanland, R.
Bristowe, N. C.
Senn, M. S.
author_facet Simpson, S.
Dey, U.
Sjökvist, R. J.
Wright, J.
Ritter, C.
Beanland, R.
Bristowe, N. C.
Senn, M. S.
contents We discover a rare structural manifestation of the Goldstone paradigm in a hexagonal polytype of the archetypal ferroelectric BaTiO3. First-principles calculations confirm the Goldstone character of the order parameter, and high-resolution diffraction measurements link this to a quasi-continuous domain texture in the vicinity of the low-temperature phase transitions. Our findings highlight how changes in structural topology may be exploited to realize rich polar topologies in bulk ferroelectric perovskites.
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spellingShingle Goldstone-mediated polar instability in hexagonal barium titanate
Simpson, S.
Dey, U.
Sjökvist, R. J.
Wright, J.
Ritter, C.
Beanland, R.
Bristowe, N. C.
Senn, M. S.
Materials Science
We discover a rare structural manifestation of the Goldstone paradigm in a hexagonal polytype of the archetypal ferroelectric BaTiO3. First-principles calculations confirm the Goldstone character of the order parameter, and high-resolution diffraction measurements link this to a quasi-continuous domain texture in the vicinity of the low-temperature phase transitions. Our findings highlight how changes in structural topology may be exploited to realize rich polar topologies in bulk ferroelectric perovskites.
title Goldstone-mediated polar instability in hexagonal barium titanate
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.16228