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    Noncollinear antiferroelectricity with C3 polarization rotation: Ferroic domain configurations

    Peng Lv1,2, Xueyun Wang2,3,*, Gang Tang4,†, Changqing Guo2, Yongheng Li2, Yanyu Liu2, and Jiawang Hong2,3,‡

    • 1Joint Center for Theoretical Physics, Henan Key Laboratory of High Efficiency Energy Conversion Science and Technology, Henan International Joint Laboratory of New Energy Materials and Devices, School of Physics and Electronics, Henan University, Kaifeng 475004, China
    • 2School of Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
    • 3State Key Laboratory of Environment Characteristics and Effects for Near-space, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China
    • 4School of Interdisciplinary Science, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China

    • *Contact author: xueyun@bit.edu.cn
    • †Contact author: gtang@bit.edu.cn
    • ‡Contact author: hongjw@bit.edu.cn

    Phys. Rev. B 112, 144103 – Published 14 October, 2025

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/94vs-mr7q

    Abstract

    The macroscopic Landau's theory implies the analogy between traditional (anti)ferroelectricity and (anti)ferromagnetism, and mainly considers spatial collinear configurations of ferroic orders. Expanding the rationale, noncollinear ferromagnetism also has an electric counterpart, termed as noncollinear ferroelectricity. However, for a long time, noncollinear antiferromagnetism loses its corresponding counterpart, i.e., noncollinear antiferroelectricity. Herein, we designed an intrinsic noncollinear antiferroelectricity as well as its dual noncollinear ferroelectricity in two-dimensional SiS2, induced by a mirror symmetry operation of tetrahedral antipolar tilting through its rotation. We found an additional coupling factor φ, pertaining to the antipolar displacement mode, which induces the “super-hybrid improper” (anti)ferroelectricity with sixfold-degenerated variants and endows the in-plane polarization with a new C3 rotational behavior. This indicates an intrinsic Z3 vortice in the Z6×Z1 domains. Our results complete the Landau's one-to-one correspondence scenario, broaden the horizon of ferroic orders for noncollinearity, and give an in-depth insight into the hybrid coupling mechanism.

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