Size-dependent infrared phonon modes and ferroelectric phase transition in BiFeO3 nanoparticles

Nano Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 4526-4532

  Chen, Peng ^a   Xu, Xiaoshan ^a,d   Koenigsmann, Christopher ^b   Santulli, Alexander C ^b   Wong, Stanislaus S ^b,c   Musfeldt, Janice L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bismuth ferrite; ferroelectric transition; finite size effects; lattice dynamics; photovoltaics; soft mode

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH FERRITES; FERROELECTRIC TRANSITION; FINITE SIZE EFFECT; LATTICE DYNAMICS; PHOTOVOLTAICS; SOFT MODES;

ALGEBRA; BISMUTH; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FERRITE; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRICITY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LATTICE VIBRATIONS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS; SIZE DETERMINATION; SOLIDS; TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION METALS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

BISMUTH; FERRIC ION; FERRIC OXIDE; NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; ENERGY TRANSFER; INFRARED RADIATION; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BISMUTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; INFRARED RAYS; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION;

EID: 78449307751     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl102470f     Document Type: Article

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