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‘Ferroelectric’ metals reexamined: fundamental mechanisms and design considerations for new materials

‘Ferroelectric’ metals reexamined: fundamental mechanisms and design considerations for new materials

The recent observation of a ferroelectric-like structural transition in metallic LiOsO$_3$ has generated a flurry of interest in the properties of polar metals. Such materials are thought to be rare because free electrons screen out the long-range electrostatic forces that favor a polar structure with a dipole moment in every …