Surface Effects in Ferroelectrics: Periodic Slab Computations for BaTiO_3

dc.creatorCohen, Ronald E.
dc.date1996-09-09
dc.date1997-01-06
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T09:08:28Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T09:08:28Z
dc.descriptionTotal energies, electronic structure, surface energies, polarization, potentials and charge densities were studied for slabs of BaTiO_3 using the Linearized Augmented Plane Wave (LAPW) method. The depolarization field inhibits ferroelectricity in the slabs, and the macroscopic field set up across a ferroelectric slab is sufficient to cause electronic states to span the gap and give a metallic band structure, but the band shifts are not rigid and O p states tend to pile up at the Fermi level. There are electronic surface states, especially evident on TiO_2 surfaces. The dangling bonds bond back to the surface Ti's and make the surface stable and reactive. The BaO surfaces are more ionic than the bulk.
dc.description19 pages, revtex, 11 figures, proceedings of the Fourth Williamsburg Workshop on First-Principles Calculations for Ferroelectrics, to appear in Ferroelectrics
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/mtrl-th/9609002
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/mtrl-th/9609002
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/150728
dc.subjectMaterials Science
dc.titleSurface Effects in Ferroelectrics: Periodic Slab Computations for BaTiO_3
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