Abstract
We show that in contrast to the conventional view of a mean-field Landau-type behavior, the oxygen octahedral tilt (R) and polarization (P) in the A3B2O7 Ruddlesden-Popper hybrid improper ferroelectric (Ca,Sr)3Ti2O7 exhibits the scaling behavior of a 2D Ising class near the para-to-ferroelectric transition temperature (Tc). We also show that P exhibits an additional transition from a 2D Ising to a 3D mean-field critical behavior at a temperature Td<Tc, which is driven by enhanced interlayer dipolar correlations due to an increase in the ferroelectrically active B-site centered dipoles.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 224103 |
Journal | Physical Review B |
Volume | 107 |
Issue number | 22 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jun 1 2023 |
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