The Microscopic Structure of Stacking Faults in Sr$_2$NaNb$_5$O$_{15}$
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| author | Sjökvist, Robin Xie, Yining Aslam, Zabeada Brown, Andy P. Bristowe, Nicholas C. Senn, Mark S. Beanland, Richard |
| author_facet | Sjökvist, Robin Xie, Yining Aslam, Zabeada Brown, Andy P. Bristowe, Nicholas C. Senn, Mark S. Beanland, Richard |
| contents | Stacking faults and other topological defects in ferroics can have a significant influence on the electronic and mechanical properties of the material. Here, regular stacking faults in the tetragonal tungsten bronze material Sr$_2$NaNb$_5$O$_{15}$ are investigated through transmission electron microscopy, symmetry mode analysis and machine-learned force-field calculations. It is shown that the faults, with a fault vector of $\frac{1}{4}[\bar{2}12]_o$, annihilate in sets of four in the material, owing to the $\frac{1}{4}$ unit cell displacement along the b-axis. The four resulting domains emerge as four possible directions of the S$_3$ order parameter, related to NbO$_6$ octahedral tilts in the material. Force-field calculations reveal that the stacking faults are likely placed at positions where the octahedra in neighbouring domains have similar magnitudes of rotation, and that the estimated stacking fault energy is 46 mJ/m$^2$. The investigation shows that the stacking faults have a significant local effect on the polar modes present in the structure, and therefore could affect the ferroelectric properties. |
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| spellingShingle | The Microscopic Structure of Stacking Faults in Sr$_2$NaNb$_5$O$_{15}$ Sjökvist, Robin Xie, Yining Aslam, Zabeada Brown, Andy P. Bristowe, Nicholas C. Senn, Mark S. Beanland, Richard Materials Science Stacking faults and other topological defects in ferroics can have a significant influence on the electronic and mechanical properties of the material. Here, regular stacking faults in the tetragonal tungsten bronze material Sr$_2$NaNb$_5$O$_{15}$ are investigated through transmission electron microscopy, symmetry mode analysis and machine-learned force-field calculations. It is shown that the faults, with a fault vector of $\frac{1}{4}[\bar{2}12]_o$, annihilate in sets of four in the material, owing to the $\frac{1}{4}$ unit cell displacement along the b-axis. The four resulting domains emerge as four possible directions of the S$_3$ order parameter, related to NbO$_6$ octahedral tilts in the material. Force-field calculations reveal that the stacking faults are likely placed at positions where the octahedra in neighbouring domains have similar magnitudes of rotation, and that the estimated stacking fault energy is 46 mJ/m$^2$. The investigation shows that the stacking faults have a significant local effect on the polar modes present in the structure, and therefore could affect the ferroelectric properties. |
| title | The Microscopic Structure of Stacking Faults in Sr$_2$NaNb$_5$O$_{15}$ |
| topic | Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.06983 |