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Enhancement of polar nature of domain boundaries in ferroelastic Pb3(PO4)2 by doping divalent-metal ions.

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Authors

Yokota, Hiroko 
Matsumoto, Suguru 
Hasegawa, Nozomu 
Salje, EKH 
Uesu, Yoshiaki 

Abstract

The effect of doping metal ions in ferroelastic Pb3(PO4)2 (PPO) on the polar nature of domain boundaries (DBs) was investigated using a second harmonic generation (SHG) microscope. It has been already reported that (DBs) of non-doped PPO is SH active and polar. The present study reveals that DBs of Ca-doped and Mg-doped PPO show greatly enhanced SH activity. This indicates that doping by metal ions enhances the polar nature of the DBs of PPO. This is important for future applications of DB nanotechnology. The enhancement of SH intensity is explained by a larger displacement of Ca2+ and Mg2+ ions in DBs due to smaller ionic radii. Analyses of the SH anisotropy experiments reveal that the symmetry-adapted W-wall belongs to monoclinic m and the non-adapted W'-wall to monoclinic 2. Both point groups are classified as the polar classes, which coincides with the case of pure PPO.

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Keywords

ferroelastics, domain boundary, second harmonic generation, domain boundary engineering

Journal Title

J Phys Condens Matter

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0953-8984
1361-648X

Volume Title

32

Publisher

IOP Publishing

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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/P024904/1)