Abstract
Local-density approximation calculations (LDA) within density functional theory (DFT) and Berry phase approach within modern theory of polarization are performed to predict the structural and piezoelectric properties of ordered Sc0·5Ga0·5N alloys under compressive and tensile in-plane strain. This alloy is found to exhibit a tremendous piezoelectric response, associated with a phase transition from nonpolar p63/mcc(D 6h) space group to a polar p63 mc(C 6v) structure, at fixed Ga and Sc compositions when continuously changing the experimental accessible parameters (i.e. the compressive and tensile strain). The mechanism of the effects behind such anomalous behaviour is revealed and explained.
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