Self-consistent theory of nanodomain formation on non-polar surfaces of ferroelectrics

Morozovska, Anna N.; Obukhovskii, Vyacheslav; Fomichov, Evhen; Varenyk, O. V.; Shur, Vladimir Ya.; Kalinin, Sergei V.; Eliseev, E. A.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.93.165439

Title: Self-consistent theory of nanodomain formation on non-polar surfaces of ferroelectrics

Journal Article · Thu Apr 28 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Physical Review B

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.93.165439· OSTI ID:1261369

Morozovska, Anna N. ^[1]; Obukhovskii, Vyacheslav ^[2]; Fomichov, Evhen ^[1]; Varenyk, O. V. ^[3]; Shur, Vladimir Ya. ^[4]; Kalinin, Sergei V. ^[5]; Eliseev, E. A. ^[6]

National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU), Kiev (Ukraine). Inst. for Problems of Materials Science
Taras Shevchenko National Univ. (Ukraine)
Kiev Univ. (Ukraine)
Ural Federal Univ., Ekaterinburg (Russia)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (NASU), Kiev (Ukraine)

We propose a self-consistent theoretical approach capable of describing the features of the anisotropic nanodomain formation induced by a strongly inhomogeneous electric field of a charged scanning probe microscopy tip on nonpolar cuts of ferroelectrics. We obtained that a threshold field, previously regarded as an isotropic parameter, is an anisotropic function that is specified from the polar properties and lattice pinning anisotropy of a given ferroelectric in a self-consistent way. The proposed method for the calculation of the anisotropic threshold field is not material specific, thus the field should be anisotropic in all ferroelectrics with the spontaneous polarization anisotropy along the main crystallographic directions. The most evident examples are uniaxial ferroelectrics, layered ferroelectric perovskites, and low-symmetry incommensurate ferroelectrics. Obtained results quantitatively describe the differences at several times in the nanodomain length experimentally observed on X and Y cuts of LiNbO3 and can give insight into the anisotropic dynamics of nanoscale polarization reversal in strongly inhomogeneous electric fields.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1261369

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1249796

Journal Information:: Physical Review B, Vol. 93, Issue 16; ISSN 2469-9950

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