3 papers
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025
Chiral soft mode transition driven by strain in ferroelectric bubble domains
Urmimala Dey, Natalya S. Fedorova, Jorge Íñiguez-González +1
Chirality in solids is attracting growing attention as a potential ferroic order, yet virtually no paradigmatic example of a soft-mode achiral-to-chiral phase transition has been f…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025
Machine learning Landau free energy potentials
Mauro Pulzone, Natalya S. Fedorova, Hugo Aramberri +1
We show how to construct Landau-like free energy potentials using a machine-learning approach. For concreteness, we focus on perovskite oxide PbTiO. We work with a training s…
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2024
Towards structural softness and enhanced electromechanical responses in HfO2 ferroelectrics
Binayak Mukherjee, Natalya S. Fedorova, Jorge Íñiguez-González
Structural softness - often characterized by unstable phonon modes and large electromechanical responses - is a hallmark of ferroelectric perovskites like BaTiO3 or Pb(Ti,Zr)O3. Wh…