Elastocaloric response of PbTiO3 predicted from a first-principles effective Hamiltonian

preprint2015arXivOpen access

Abstract

A first-principles based effective Hamiltonian is used within a molecular dynamics simulation to study the elastocaloric effect in PbTiO3. It is found that the transition temperature is a linear function of uniaxial tensile stress. Negative temperature change is calculated, when the uniaxial tensile stress is switched off, as a function of initial temperature Delta-T(T_initial). It is predicted that the formation of domain structures under uniaxial tensile stress degrades the effectiveness of the elastocaloric effect.

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