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Minseok Choi1, Fumiyasu Oba, Isao Tanaka
1Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Kyoto University, Sakyo, Kyoto 606-8501, Japan. minseok.choi@ks2.ecs.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Abstract:
Through first-principles calculations, the role of Ti antisitelike defects in the electrical and optical properties of SrTiO3 is proposed. Significant Ti off-centering from the Sr site toward the [100] or [110] direction leads to switchable polar states, and attractive interactions with the O vacancy drive them to form defect pairs. In these defect configurations, localized electronic states are introduced below the conduction band minimum. Our findings on Ti antisitelike defects suggest that they are responsible for the ferroelectricity and blue light emission in nonstoichiometric SrTiO3.
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