Dynamic Manipulation in Piezoresponse Force Microscopy: Creating Nonequilibrium Phases with Large Electromechanical Response

Kelley, Kyle P.; Ren, Yao; Morozovska, Anna N.; Eliseev, Eugene A.; Ehara, Yoshitaka; Funakubo, Hiroshi; Giamarchi, Thierry; Balke, Nina; Vasudevan, Rama K.; Cao, Ye; Jesse, Stephen; Kalinin, Sergei V.

doi:10.1021/acsnano.0c04601

Dynamic Manipulation in Piezoresponse Force Microscopy: Creating Nonequilibrium Phases with Large Electromechanical Response

Journal Article · Thu Aug 06 00:00:00 EDT 2020 · ACS Nano

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.0c04601· OSTI ID:1649399

^[1]; Ren, Yao ^[2]; ^[3]; Eliseev, Eugene A. ^[3]; Ehara, Yoshitaka ^[4]; Funakubo, Hiroshi ^[5]; Giamarchi, Thierry ^[6]; ^[1]; ^[1]; ^[2]; Jesse, Stephen ^[1]; ^[1]

Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)
Univ. of Texas, Arlington, TX (United States)
NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv (Ukraine)
National Defense Academy (Japan); Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan)
Tokyo Institute of Technology (Japan)
Univ. of Geneva (Switzerland)

We discuss how domain walls and topological defects in ferroelectric materials have emerged as a powerful tool for functional electronic devices including memory and logic. Similarly, wall interactions and dynamics underpin a broad range of mesoscale phenomena ranging from giant electromechanical responses to memory effects. Exploring the functionalities of individual domain walls, their interactions, and controlled modifications of the domain structures is crucial for applications and fundamental physical studies. However, the dynamic nature of these features severely limits studies of their local physics since application of local biases or pressures in piezoresponse force microscopy induce wall displacement as a primary response. Here, we introduce an approach for the control and modification of domain structures based on automated experimentation, whereby real-space image-based feedback is used to control the tip bias during ferroelectric switching, allowing for modification routes conditioned on domain states under the tip. This automated experiment approach is demonstrated for the exploration of domain wall dynamics and creation of metastable phases with large electromechanical response.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

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

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1649399

Journal Information:: ACS Nano, Journal Name: ACS Nano Journal Issue: 8 Vol. 14; ISSN 1936-0851

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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