Mechanical Switching of Nanoscale Multiferroic Phase Boundaries
Abstract
Tuning the lattice degree of freedom in nanoscale functional crystals is critical to exploit the emerging functionalities such as piezoelectricity, shape-memory effect, or piezomagnetism, which are attributed to the intrinsic lattice-polar or lattice-spin coupling. In this study, it is reported that a mechanical probe can be a dynamic tool to switch the ferroic orders at the nanoscale multiferroic phase boundaries in BiFeO3 with a phase mixture, where the material can be reversibly transformed between the “soft” tetragonal-like and the “hard” rhombohedral-like structures. The microscopic origin of the nonvolatile mechanical switching of the multiferroic phase boundaries, coupled with a reversible 180° rotation of the in-plane ferroelectric polarization, is the nanoscale pressure-induced elastic deformation and reconstruction of the spontaneous strain gradient across the multiferroic phase boundaries. The reversible control of the room-temperature multiple ferroic orders using a pure mechanical stimulus may bring us a new pathway to achieve the potential energy conversion and sensing applications.
- Authors:
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- Beijing Normal University (China). Dept. of Physics
- Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China). School of Materials Science and Engineering
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States). Physical and Life Science Directorate
- Univ. of Antwerp (Belgium). EMAT (Electron Microscopy for Materials Science)
- Xi'an Jiaotong Univ., Xi'an (China). Frontier Inst. of Science and Technology and State Key Lab. for Mechanical Behavior of Materials
- Peking Univ., Beijing (China). Dept. of Geriatric Dentistry and School and Hospital of Stomatology
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering; Pennsylvania State University; University Park; PA 16802 USA
- City Univ. of Hong Kong (Hong Kong). Centre for Advanced Structural Materials and Dept. of Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1650428
- Report Number(s):
- LLNL-JRNL-741642
Journal ID: ISSN 1616-301X; 896021
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC52-07NA27344
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Advanced Functional Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 25; Journal Issue: 22; Journal ID: ISSN 1616-301X
- Publisher:
- Wiley
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Citation Formats
Li, Yong-Jun, Wang, Jian-Jun, Ye, Jian-Chao, Ke, Xiao-Xing, Gou, Gao-Yang, Wei, Yan, Xue, Fei, Wang, Jing, Wang, Chuan-Shou, Peng, Ren-Ci, Deng, Xu-Liang, Yang, Yong, Ren, Xiao-Bing, Chen, Long-Qing, Nan, Ce-Wen, and Zhang, Jin-Xing. Mechanical Switching of Nanoscale Multiferroic Phase Boundaries. United States: N. p., 2015.
Web. doi:10.1002/adfm.201500600.
Li, Yong-Jun, Wang, Jian-Jun, Ye, Jian-Chao, Ke, Xiao-Xing, Gou, Gao-Yang, Wei, Yan, Xue, Fei, Wang, Jing, Wang, Chuan-Shou, Peng, Ren-Ci, Deng, Xu-Liang, Yang, Yong, Ren, Xiao-Bing, Chen, Long-Qing, Nan, Ce-Wen, & Zhang, Jin-Xing. Mechanical Switching of Nanoscale Multiferroic Phase Boundaries. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201500600
Li, Yong-Jun, Wang, Jian-Jun, Ye, Jian-Chao, Ke, Xiao-Xing, Gou, Gao-Yang, Wei, Yan, Xue, Fei, Wang, Jing, Wang, Chuan-Shou, Peng, Ren-Ci, Deng, Xu-Liang, Yang, Yong, Ren, Xiao-Bing, Chen, Long-Qing, Nan, Ce-Wen, and Zhang, Jin-Xing. Mon .
"Mechanical Switching of Nanoscale Multiferroic Phase Boundaries". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201500600. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1650428.
@article{osti_1650428,
title = {Mechanical Switching of Nanoscale Multiferroic Phase Boundaries},
author = {Li, Yong-Jun and Wang, Jian-Jun and Ye, Jian-Chao and Ke, Xiao-Xing and Gou, Gao-Yang and Wei, Yan and Xue, Fei and Wang, Jing and Wang, Chuan-Shou and Peng, Ren-Ci and Deng, Xu-Liang and Yang, Yong and Ren, Xiao-Bing and Chen, Long-Qing and Nan, Ce-Wen and Zhang, Jin-Xing},
abstractNote = {Tuning the lattice degree of freedom in nanoscale functional crystals is critical to exploit the emerging functionalities such as piezoelectricity, shape-memory effect, or piezomagnetism, which are attributed to the intrinsic lattice-polar or lattice-spin coupling. In this study, it is reported that a mechanical probe can be a dynamic tool to switch the ferroic orders at the nanoscale multiferroic phase boundaries in BiFeO3 with a phase mixture, where the material can be reversibly transformed between the “soft” tetragonal-like and the “hard” rhombohedral-like structures. The microscopic origin of the nonvolatile mechanical switching of the multiferroic phase boundaries, coupled with a reversible 180° rotation of the in-plane ferroelectric polarization, is the nanoscale pressure-induced elastic deformation and reconstruction of the spontaneous strain gradient across the multiferroic phase boundaries. The reversible control of the room-temperature multiple ferroic orders using a pure mechanical stimulus may bring us a new pathway to achieve the potential energy conversion and sensing applications.},
doi = {10.1002/adfm.201500600},
journal = {Advanced Functional Materials},
number = 22,
volume = 25,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 EDT 2015},
month = {Mon Apr 20 00:00:00 EDT 2015}
}
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