Chemical state evolution in ferroelectric films during tip-induced polarization and electroresistive switching

Ievlev, Anton V.; Maksymovych, Petro; Trassin, Morgan; Seidel, Jan; Ramesh, Ramamoorthy; Kalinin, Sergei V.; Ovchinnikova, Olga S.

doi:10.1021/acsami.6b10784

Title: Chemical state evolution in ferroelectric films during tip-induced polarization and electroresistive switching

Journal Article · Tue Oct 11 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.6b10784· OSTI ID:1334478

Ievlev, Anton V. ^[1]; Maksymovych, Petro ^[1]; Trassin, Morgan ^[2]; Seidel, Jan ^[3]; Ramesh, Ramamoorthy ^[4]; Kalinin, Sergei V. ^[1]; Ovchinnikova, Olga S. ^[1]

Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); ETH Zurich, Zurich (Switzerland)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States); Univ. of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW (Australia)
Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Domain formation and ferroelectric switching is fundamentally inseparable from polarization screening, which on free surfaces can be realized via band bending and ionic adsorption. In the latter case, polarization switching is intrinsically coupled to the surface electrochemical phenomena, and the electrochemical stage can control kinetics and induce long-range interactions. However, despite extensive evidence toward the critical role of surface electrochemistry, little is known about the nature of the associated processes. Here we combine SPM tip induce polarization switching and secondary ion mass spectrometry to explore the evolution of chemical state of ferroelectric during switching. Surprisingly, we find that even pristine surfaces contain ions (e.g., Cl-) that are not anticipated based on chemistry of the system and processing. In the ferroelectric switching regime, we find surprising changes in surface chemistry, including redistribution of base cations. At higher voltages in the electroforming regime significant surface deformation was observed and associated with a strong ion intermixing.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS); Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 1334478

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1474977

Journal Information:: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, Vol. 8, Issue 43; ISSN 1944-8244

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