title: Ferroelectricity in antiferroelectric NaNbO3 crystal.
abstract: Sodium niobate (NaNbO3, or NNO) is known to be antiferroelectric at temperatures between 45 and 753 K. Here we show experimentally the presence of the ferroelectric phase at temperatures between 100 and 830 K in the NNO crystals obtained by top-seeded solution growth. The ferroelectric phase and new phase transitions are evidenced using a combination of thermo-optical studies by variable angle spectroscopic ellipsometry, Raman spectroscopy analysis, and photoelectron emission microscopy. The possibility for strain-induced ferroelectricity in NNO is suggested.
authors.affiliation: Microelectronics and Materials Physics Laboratories, University of Oulu, PO Box 4500, FI-90014 Oulun yliopisto, Finland. Institute of Physics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Na Slovance 2, 182 21 Prague 8, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tyunina
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dejneka
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Rytz
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Gregora
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Borodavka
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Vondracek
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Honolka
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D060526:Magnetic Fields; D008422:Materials Testing; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D009556:Niobium / Q000737:chemistry*; D044367:Phase Transition; D012964:Sodium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: C559961:sodium niobate; D009556:Niobium; D012964:Sodium