From atomic layer to the bulk: low-temperature atomistic structure, ferroelectric and electronic properties of SnTe films

Thaneshwor P. Kaloni, Kai Chang, Brandon J. Miller +5

SnTe hosts ferroelectricity that competes with its weak non-trivial band topology: in the high-symmetry rocksalt structure--in which its intrinsic electric dipole is quenched--this…