Poly (vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene)/barium titanate nanocomposite for ferroelectric nonvolatile memory devices

Journal Article · Mon Apr 15 00:00:00 EDT 2013 · AIP Advances

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4802980· OSTI ID:22611396

Valiyaneerilakkal, Uvais; Varghese, Soney ^[1]

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1. Nanomaterials and Device Research Laboratory, School of Nano Science and Technology, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kozhikode, Kerala, Postal code 673601 (India)

The effect of barium titanate (BaTiO{sub 3}) nanoparticles (particle size <100 nm) on the ferroelectric properties of poly (vinylidenefluoride-trifluoroethylene) P(VDF-TrFE) copolymer has been studied. Different concentrations of nanoparticles were added to P(VDF-TrFE) using probe sonication, and uniform thin films were made. Polarisation - Electric field (P-E) hysteresis analysis shows an increase in remnant polarization (P{sub r}) and decrease in coercive voltage (V{sub c}). Piezo-response force microscopy analysis shows the switching capability of the polymer composite. The topography and surface roughness was studied using atomic force microscopy. It has been observed that this nanocomposite can be used for the fabrication of non-volatile ferroelectric memory devices.

• OSTI ID: 22611396
• Journal Information: AIP Advances, Vol. 3, Issue 4; Other Information: (c) 2013 Author(s).; Country of input: International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA); ISSN 2158-3226
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
ABUNDANCE
ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY
BARIUM COMPOUNDS
COPOLYMERS
ELECTRIC FIELDS
FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS
FLUORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HYSTERESIS
MEMORY DEVICES
NANOCOMPOSITES
NANOPARTICLES
PARTICLE SIZE
POLARIZATION
POLYVINYLS
ROUGHNESS
SURFACES
THIN FILMS
TITANATES
TOPOGRAPHY
VOLATILITY