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Unusual low-temperature polarity in the antiferroelectric perovskite crystals

2022/47/B/ST3/02778

Keywords:

Antiferroelectricity Ferroelectricity Perovskite structure Dielectric properties Pyroelectric phenomenon Birefringence Domain structure Domain population Antiphase boundaries,

Descriptors:

  • ST3_001:

Panel:

ST3 - Condensed matter physics: structure, electronic properties, fluids, nanosciences, biological physics

Host institution :

UNIWERSYTET ŚLĄSKI, Wydział Nauk Ścisłych i Technicznych

woj. śląskie

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Principal investigator (from the host institution):

prof. Krystian Wojciech Roleder 

Number of co-investigators in the project: 6

Call: OPUS 24 - announced on 2022-07-15

Amount awarded: 1 946 340 PLN

Project start date (Y-m-d): 2023-06-09

Project end date (Y-m-d): 2026-06-08

Project duration:: 36 months (the same as in the proposal)

Project status: Project completed

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  • Publication in academic press/journals (3)
  1. Huge low-temperature polarity in the antiferroelectric PbHfO3
    Authors:
    Krystian Roleder, Andrzej Majchrowski, Jan K. Zaręba , Annette Bussmann-Holder, Iwona Lazar, Irena Jankowska-Sumara, Dariusz Kajewski, Andrzej Soszyński
    Academic press:
    Physical Review B (rok: 2025, tom: 111, strony: od 214112-1 do 214112-8), Wydawca: American Physical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/ftn5-cx2n - link to the publication
  2. Vortices and antivortices in antiferroelectric PbZrO3
    Authors:
    Ying Liu, Huazhang Zhang, Kostya Shapovalov, Ranming Niu, Julie Cairney, Xiaozhou Liao, Krystian Roleder, Jordi Arbiol, Philippe Ghosez, Andrzej Majchrowski.
    Academic press:
    Nature Materials (rok: 2025, tom: 24, strony: 1359–1363), Wydawca: Nature Portfolio
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1038/s41563-025-02245-3 - link to the publication
  3. Low-temperature polarity in antiferroelectric PbZrO3 and PbHfO3 driven by dynamical covalency in the ZrO6 and HfO6 substructures
    Authors:
    Annette Bussmann-Holder, Marcin Fijałkowski, Andrzej Majchrowski, A. Szewczyk, J. Więckowski, Iwona Lazar, Andrzej Soszyński, Krystian Roleder
    Academic press:
    Physical Review B (rok: 2025, tom: 112, strony: od 174112-1 do 174112-8), Wydawca: American Physical Society
    Status:
    Published
    DOI:
    10.1103/y5wr-lmyg - link to the publication