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arxiv: 2603.14642 · v4 · pith:4UHB3HI5new · submitted 2026-03-15 · ❄️ cond-mat.mtrl-sci

Role of Oxygen Vacancies in Stabilizing the Orthorhombic Phases of Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 Nanoparticles

Yuriy O. Zagorodniy , Eugene A. Eliseev , Valentin V. Laguta , Petr Jiricek , Jana Houdkova , Lesya D. Demchenko , Oksana V. Leshchenko , Victor N. Pavlikov
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Lesya P. Yurchenko Anna O. Diachenko Michail D. Volnyanskii Oleksandr S. Pylypchuk Myroslav V. Karpets Mikhail P. Trubitsyn Dean R. Evans Anna N. Morozovska
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keywords oxygen vacanciesHf0.5Zr0.5O2 nanoparticlesorthorhombic phaseferroelectric orderingchemical strainLandau-Ginzburg-Devonshire theoryphase stabilizationdielectric response
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Oxygen vacancies stabilize the ferroelectric orthorhombic phase in small Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 nanoparticles via chemical strain.

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The paper establishes that the concentration of oxygen vacancies, tuned by annealing under different oxygen partial pressures, directly controls the fraction of orthorhombic phases in approximately 7 nm Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 nanoparticles. Experiments using EPR, XPS, XRD and NMR link higher vacancy levels to more orthorhombic content, while Landau-Ginzburg-Devonshire calculations show that the resulting chemical strain, together with trilinear coupling of nonpolar, antipolar and polar phonon modes, stabilizes the o-III phase that carries long-range ferroelectric order. A sympathetic reader would care because the mechanism enables ferroelectric-like behavior and enhanced dielectric response in isolated nanoparticles dispersed in a polymer matrix, without requiring epitaxial substrates or large grain sizes. The work also ties the vacancy-induced elastic dipoles and ionic conductivity to reduced depolarization fields and possible negative capacitance states at interfaces.

Core claim

Phenomenological calculations based on Landau-Ginzburg-Devonshire theory considering trilinear coupling between nonpolar, antipolar and polar phonon modes indicate that chemical strain induced by oxygen vacancies can stabilize the orthorhombic phase o-III with the ferroelectric long-range ordering in small Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 nanoparticles. The theory confirms the stability of ferroelectric polarization in the vacancy-enriched Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 nanoparticles.

What carries the argument

Landau-Ginzburg-Devonshire theory with trilinear coupling between nonpolar, antipolar and polar phonon modes, which incorporates chemical strain from oxygen vacancies to determine phase stability.

If this is right

  • The fraction of orthorhombic phases rises with oxygen vacancy concentration as measured by EPR, XPS, XRD and NMR.
  • Dielectric permittivity maximum intensifies near 350-380 K in PVDF composites containing vacancy-enriched nanoparticles.
  • Defect-induced elastic dipoles and higher ionic conductivity reduce the depolarization field and support ferroelectric-like ordering.
  • Interfacial effects in weakly screened, spatially isolated nanoparticles embedded in PVDF may produce negative capacitance states.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • Controlling oxygen partial pressure during annealing offers a general route to induce ferroelectric order in other oxide nanoparticles without substrate strain.
  • The same vacancy-driven elastic and screening effects could be tested in pure HfO2 or ZrO2 particles to broaden the materials scope.
  • Combining vacancy engineering with external electric fields or additional dopants might further tune the trilinear coupling strength.
  • The approach may enable flexible, polymer-hosted ferroelectric devices where traditional epitaxial stabilization is impractical.

Load-bearing premise

Chemical strain from oxygen vacancies is the dominant mechanism that stabilizes the o-III orthorhombic phase and overcomes size and interface effects in these 7 nm particles.

What would settle it

If controlled annealing experiments produce no measurable increase in orthorhombic phase fraction when oxygen vacancy concentration is raised, or if the LGD model without chemical strain predicts equivalent o-III stability, the central claim would be refuted.

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Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2603.14642 by Anna N. Morozovska, Anna O. Diachenko, Dean R. Evans, Eugene A. Eliseev, Jana Houdkova, Lesya D. Demchenko, Lesya P. Yurchenko, Michail D. Volnyanskii, Mikhail P. Trubitsyn, Myroslav V. Karpets, Oksana V. Leshchenko, Oleksandr S. Pylypchuk, Petr Jiricek, Valentin V. Laguta, Victor N. Pavlikov, Yuriy O. Zagorodniy.

Figure 1
Figure 1. Figure 1: TEM images of Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 nanoparticles annealed in an air atmosphere, sample N1 (a, b) and in CO + CO₂ atmosphere, sample N2 (c, d). X-ray diffraction (XRD) measurements of the samples are presented in Fig. S3 (see Supplementary Materials). Despite the high crystallinity of the nanoparticles, their XRD spectra exhibit broad diffraction lines arising from significant surface effects, thereby complicating … view at source ↗
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Figure 6. Figure 6: (a) Experimental 91Zr NMR spectrum of Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 nanoparticles annealed in a CO+CO2 atmosphere along with the best fit, where the dashed curve presenting a Gaussian component; (b) the line shape corresponding [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p016_6.png] view at source ↗
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In this work we study the stabilization of the orthorhombic phases in small Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 nanoparticles (average size ~ 7 nm) annealed under different oxygen partial pressures. Concentration of the oxygen vacancies, which is determined by annealing conditions, was estimated from the electron paramagnetic resonance spectra and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The fraction of the orthorhombic phases, that is determined by the X-ray diffraction and nuclear magnetic resonance, depends on the concentration of oxygen vacancies. Phenomenological calculations based on Landau-Ginzburg-Devonshire theory considering trilinear coupling between nonpolar, antipolar and polar phonon modes, indicate that chemical strain induced by oxygen vacancies can stabilize the orthorhombic phase o-III with the ferroelectric long-range ordering in small Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 nanoparticles. The theory confirms the stability of ferroelectric polarization in the vacancy-enriched Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 nanoparticles. The increase in the intensity of the dielectric permittivity maximum, observed near 350 - 380 K in the PVDF matrix with the Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 nanoparticles annealed in the CO+CO2 atmosphere, is clearly associated with the increase in oxygen vacancies concentration. The vacancies lead to the defect-induced elastic dipole formation and to the increase in ionic conductivity, which decreases the depolarization field and may induce the ferroelectric-like phase transition in the vacancy-enriched Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 nanoparticles. Due to the interfacial effects the negative capacitance states may be realized in weakly screened and spatially isolated Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 nanoparticles embedded in the PVDF matrix.The present approach based on oxygen-vacancy-induced elastic and screening effects may provide a route for engineering ferroelectric-like states in other nanoscale ferroic oxides.

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Referee Report

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Summary. The paper examines stabilization of orthorhombic phases (particularly ferroelectric o-III) in ~7 nm Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 nanoparticles by controlling oxygen vacancy concentration through annealing under varying oxygen partial pressures. Vacancy levels are quantified via EPR and XPS, while orthorhombic phase fractions are assessed by XRD and NMR, showing a correlation with vacancy density. Phenomenological LGD theory incorporating trilinear coupling between nonpolar, antipolar, and polar modes is invoked to argue that chemical strain from vacancies stabilizes the o-III phase with long-range ferroelectric order; dielectric measurements in a PVDF matrix link increased permittivity maxima near 350-380 K to vacancy-induced elastic dipoles and reduced depolarization fields, with implications for negative capacitance.

Significance. If the central stabilization mechanism holds with quantitative validation, the work would be significant for defect engineering of ferroelectricity in nanoscale fluorite oxides, offering a route to ferroelectric-like states in particles too small for conventional size-effect suppression. The experimental linkage of vacancy concentration to phase fraction via multiple spectroscopies provides a solid empirical foundation, while the LGD approach with trilinear terms could generalize to other nanoscale ferroics if the parameters and size corrections are made explicit.

major comments (3)
  1. [Theory / LGD calculations] Theory section (phenomenological LGD calculations): The central claim that chemical strain ε_chem(v) from measured oxygen-vacancy concentrations stabilizes the o-III phase with ferroelectric ordering requires explicit values for the Landau coefficients and the functional mapping from vacancy density (EPR/XPS) to strain; without these, it cannot be verified whether the trilinear coupling produces a sufficient negative shift in the polar-mode quadratic term to overcome depolarization and surface penalties in 7 nm particles.
  2. [Theory / Finite-size effects] Finite-size modeling: The LGD expansion lacks explicit size-dependent electrostatic (depolarization field ~1/R) and surface-energy terms for R ≈ 7 nm, which are load-bearing for the long-range ferroelectric ordering conclusion; their omission leaves the quantitative sufficiency of vacancy-induced stabilization untested against standard nanoparticle penalties.
  3. [Dielectric measurements] Dielectric interpretation (§ on permittivity measurements): The post-hoc attribution of the 350-380 K permittivity maximum to a vacancy-driven ferroelectric-like transition would be strengthened by direct evidence such as temperature-dependent structural data or P-E hysteresis; the current link to reduced depolarization via ionic conductivity remains interpretive.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Abstract and introduction] The abstract and main text use 'o-III' without a brief definition or reference to standard HfO2 orthorhombic phase labeling (e.g., Pca21 or Pmn21), which would aid readers unfamiliar with the nomenclature.
  2. [Figures and captions] Figure captions for XRD/NMR data should explicitly state the quantitative phase fractions extracted for each annealing condition to allow direct comparison with the vacancy concentrations reported in the text.

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We thank the referee for the constructive and detailed comments, which help clarify the presentation of our theoretical modeling and experimental interpretations. We respond point by point to the major comments and indicate planned revisions.

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  1. Referee: [Theory / LGD calculations] Theory section (phenomenological LGD calculations): The central claim that chemical strain ε_chem(v) from measured oxygen-vacancy concentrations stabilizes the o-III phase with ferroelectric ordering requires explicit values for the Landau coefficients and the functional mapping from vacancy density (EPR/XPS) to strain; without these, it cannot be verified whether the trilinear coupling produces a sufficient negative shift in the polar-mode quadratic term to overcome depolarization and surface penalties in 7 nm particles.

    Authors: We agree that explicit values improve verifiability. In the revised manuscript we will list the Landau coefficients (taken from established HfO2/ZrO2 literature), specify the linear mapping ε_chem(v) = α·v calibrated to our EPR/XPS vacancy densities and XRD lattice expansion, and show the resulting negative shift in the polar-mode quadratic term together with a direct numerical comparison to the depolarization and surface penalties estimated for 7 nm particles. revision: yes

  2. Referee: [Theory / Finite-size effects] Finite-size modeling: The LGD expansion lacks explicit size-dependent electrostatic (depolarization field ~1/R) and surface-energy terms for R ≈ 7 nm, which are load-bearing for the long-range ferroelectric ordering conclusion; their omission leaves the quantitative sufficiency of vacancy-induced stabilization untested against standard nanoparticle penalties.

    Authors: We accept that explicit size-dependent terms are needed for quantitative rigor. The revised theory section will add the depolarization-field term (scaled as 1/R with a dielectric-environment prefactor) and a surface-energy penalty (proportional to surface-to-volume ratio for R ≈ 7 nm). Updated stability diagrams will demonstrate that the vacancy-induced chemical strain still overcomes these penalties to stabilize long-range ferroelectric order in the o-III phase. revision: yes

  3. Referee: [Dielectric measurements] Dielectric interpretation (§ on permittivity measurements): The post-hoc attribution of the 350-380 K permittivity maximum to a vacancy-driven ferroelectric-like transition would be strengthened by direct evidence such as temperature-dependent structural data or P-E hysteresis; the current link to reduced depolarization via ionic conductivity remains interpretive.

    Authors: We agree that direct structural or hysteresis data would strengthen the claim. However, temperature-dependent XRD on the low-volume-fraction nanoparticles inside the PVDF matrix is hindered by matrix scattering, and reliable P-E loops are precluded by leakage and electrode geometry in the composite. We will therefore expand the discussion with quantitative estimates of ionic-conductivity screening, additional conductivity measurements, and explicit caveats on the interpretive nature of the ferroelectric-like assignment while preserving the observed correlation with vacancy concentration. revision: partial

Circularity Check

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LGD phenomenological model remains independent of the nanoparticle data

full rationale

The paper reports experimental measurements of oxygen-vacancy concentration (EPR/XPS), orthorhombic phase fractions (XRD/NMR), and dielectric response, then separately states that LGD calculations with trilinear coupling indicate chemical-strain stabilization of the o-III phase. No quoted equation or section shows that the Landau coefficients, the vacancy-to-strain mapping, or the trilinear terms are fitted to the same 7 nm particle data set; the theory is presented as a consistency check rather than a self-referential derivation. The derivation chain therefore does not reduce to its inputs by construction.

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The central claim depends on the validity of the LGD phenomenological expansion and the interpretation that measured vacancy levels produce sufficient chemical strain; no independent first-principles derivation or machine-checked proof is referenced.

free parameters (1)
  • LGD Landau coefficients and trilinear coupling strength
    Phenomenological theory requires these coefficients to be chosen or fitted to reproduce the observed phase stability and polarization.
axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Trilinear coupling between nonpolar, antipolar and polar phonon modes is the dominant interaction that, together with vacancy-induced chemical strain, stabilizes the o-III phase.
    Invoked directly in the description of the phenomenological calculations.

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