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Size effects in ferroelectric nanocones

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Ferroelectric size effects in cone-shaped nanoparticles (nanocones) are investigated for the first time. The Euler-Lagrange equations are solved using the direct variational technique. An approximate analytical expression is derived for the dependence of the ferroelectric phase transition temperature on the nanocone size. It is shown that the transition temperature for nanocones can be 2.5 times higher than the transition temperature for bulk materials.

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  1. Institute for Problems of Materials Science, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, ul. Krzhizhanovskogo 3, Kiev, 03680, Ukraine

    P. I. Bykov

  2. Technische Universität Dresden, Institut für Festkörperelektronik, Dresden, 01062, Germany

    G. Suchaneck

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Original Russian Text © P.I. Bykov, G. Suchaneck, 2008, published in Fizika Tverdogo Tela, 2008, Vol. 50, No. 7, pp. 1295–1299.

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Bykov, P.I., Suchaneck, G. Size effects in ferroelectric nanocones. Phys. Solid State 50, 1347–1351 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063783408070251

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