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通过铁电畸变和各向异性应变的带隙和边缘工程:SrTiO $_{3}$的情况

Band Gap and Edge Engineering via Ferroic Distortion and Anisotropic Strain: The Case of SrTiO$_{3}$

Robert F. Berger, Craig J. Fennie, Jeffrey B. Neaton

摘要:

采用密度泛函理论和多体微扰理论计算了铁性畸变和双轴应变对SrTiO $_{3}$(STO)带隙和带边的影响。各向异性的应变,以减少在频带边缘的间隙,通过打破退化。铁磁扭曲,以扩大差距,允许新的带边轨道混合。压缩双轴应变提高带边能量,而拉伸应变降低它们。为了减小STO带隙,必须降低立方对称性,同时抑制铁磁畸变。我们的计算表明,对于沿[111]生长方向的工程取向,STO能隙可以在室温下可控地且显著地减小。

英文摘要:

The effects of ferroic distortion and biaxial strain on the band gap and band edges of SrTiO$_{3}$ (STO) are calculated using density functional theory and many-body perturbation theory. Anisotropic strains are shown to reduce the gap by breaking degeneracies at the band edges. Ferroic distortions are shown to widen the gap by allowing new band edge orbital mixings. Compressive biaxial strains raise band edge energies, while tensile strains lower them. To reduce the STO gap, one must lower the symmetry from cubic while suppressing ferroic distortions. Our calculations indicate that for engineered orientation of the growth direction along [111], the STO gap can be controllably and considerably reduced at room temperature.

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