Fyzikální ústav Akademie věd ČR

The twist and turns in perovskites

Seminar Thursday, 08/11/2012 10:00 - 11:00

Speakers: Pierre-Eymeric Janolin (Laboratoire SPMS, UMR 8580 CNRS-Ecole Centrale Paris, France)
Place: Malá zasedací místnost č. 203, 2. patro, ÚTIA
Presented in English
Organisers: Department of Dielectrics

Within the perovskite structure, the oxygen octahedra may rotate around any of the three main axis, simultaneously or separately. Such a distortion may accompany orbital ordering or lattice distortions and are linked to metal-insulator transitions, onset or cancellation of ferroelectricity etc. In this seminar, I will review these rotations, under pressure, in thin films and superlattices, aiming at opening a discussion on the parameters governing their evolution.

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