Abstract
The electron density distribution of paraelectric and ferroelectric YMnO3 are investigated by analyzing high temperature synchrotron radiation powder diffraction data using the maximum entropy method (MEM) and MEM-based pattern fitting combined with the Rietveld method. The results show that chemical bonding by orbital hybridization is established between the Y and in-plane O ions along the polar c-axis below the ferroelectric transition temperature. We suggest that the hybridization observed in the ferroelectric phase is the driving force for ferroelectricity in YMnO3.
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