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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 88, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.2186104
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The size dependence of the ferroelectric properties of BaTiO3 nanowires is studied from first principles. We show that the ferroelectric distortion along the wire axis disappears below a critical diameter of about 1.2 nm. This disappearance is related to a global contraction of the unit cell resulting from low atomic coordinations at the wire surface. It is shown that a ferroelectric distortion can be recovered under appropriate tensile strain conditions. (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics.
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