Structural phase transitions in the geometric ferroelectric LaTa O4

Grant W. Howieson; Karuna K. Mishra; Alexandra S. Gibbs; Ram S. Katiyar; James F. Scott; Finlay D. Morrison; Michael Carpenter

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Structural phase transitions in the geometric ferroelectric LaTa O₄

Grant W. Howieson, Karuna K. Mishra, Alexandra S. Gibbs, Ram S. Katiyar, James F. Scott, Finlay D. Morrison^*, Michael Carpenter^*

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The recent report of an intermediate incommensurately modulated orthorhombic phase in LaTaO₄ has prompted a re-examination of the phase transition sequence in LaTaO₄ as a function of temperature. With falling temperature, the sequence of phases examined is (orthorhombic) Cmc2₁(C)↔Cmc2₁(IC)↔(monoclinic)P2₁/c, with C and IC denoting commensurate and incommensurate phases, respectively. The orthorhombic to monoclinic transition, T_m-o, is a first order reconstructive transition occurring at 440 K and T_IC-C is a first-order displacive transition occurring at 500-530 K. Strain and elasticity data confirm a first-order transition between the basic and modulated Cmc2₁ phases, with similarities to the isostructural fluoride BaMnF₄. A Raman spectroscopic study of the LaTaO₄ phase transition indicates that the IC-C phase transition is driven by a soft zone-boundary phonon (unstable) of the commensurate orthorhombic (Cmc2₁) phase. The soft phonon is found to appear (underdamped) above 443 K and vanishes (overdamped) around 528 K. A large supercell of the monoclinic phase below T_m-o is proposed based on the Raman spectroscopic results.

Original language	English
Article number	014119
Number of pages	12
Journal	Physical Review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics
Volume	103
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.103.014119
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Unidentified Phase Transition in Polar Lanthanum Tantalate (LaTaO4)
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Incommensurate-commensurate transition in the geometric ferroelectric LaTaO₄
Howieson, G. W., Wu, S., Gibbs, A. S., Zhou, W., Scott, J. F. & Morrison, F. D., 4 Nov 2020, In: Advanced Functional Materials. 30, 45, 10 p., 2004667.
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Structural phase transitions in the geometric ferroelectric LaTa O4

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