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Publication
Solid State Communications
Paper
Mechanism of the ferroelastic transition of BiVO4
Abstract
BiVO4 has a pure ferroelastic transition at Tc = 528°K and atmospheric pressure. We elucidated the mechanism of this transition by studying the q≈0 soft optical phonon, with the symmetry of the ferroelastic strain, under large hydrostatic prèssures at room temperature. A free-energy analysis, including the optical-acoustical phonon couplings, shows that the transition is driven by the q≈0 soft optical phonon. © 1978.