title: Frustration of tilts and A-site driven ferroelectricity in KNbO3-LiNbO3 alloys.
abstract: Density functional calculations for K(0.5)Li(0.5)NbO(3) show strong A-site driven ferroelectricity, even though the average tolerance factor is significantly smaller than unity and there is no stereochemically active A-site ion. This is due to the frustration of tilt instabilities by A-site disorder. There are very large off centerings of the Li ions, which contribute strongly to the anisotropy between the tetragonal and rhombohedral ferroelectric states, yielding a tetragonal ground state even without strain coupling.
authors.affiliation: Materials Science and Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA.
authors.forename: D I
authors.initials: DI
authors.lastname: Bilc
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Singh