Unconventional Continuous Structural Disorder at the Order-Disorder Phase Transition in the Hexagonal Manganites

The improper ferroelectricity in YMnO_{3} and other related multiferroic hexagonal manganites is known to cause topologically protected ferroelectric domains that give rise to rich and diverse physical phenomena. The local structure and structural coherence across the ferroelectric transition, howev...

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Main Authors: Sandra H. Skjærvø, Quintin N. Meier, Mikhail Feygenson, Nicola A. Spaldin, Simon J. L. Billinge, Emil S. Bozin, Sverre M. Selbach
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2019-07-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.9.031001