Oxygen octahedral tilt ordering in (Na1/2Bi1/2)TiO3 ferroelectric thin films

Pramanick, A.; Paterson, A. R.; Denis, L.; Abbas, W.; Niu, G.; Ren, W.; Zhao, J.; Dai, L.; Borkiewicz, O.; Ren, Y.; Ho, D.; Trolier-McKinstry, S.; Jones, J. L.

doi:10.1063/1.5127212

Oxygen octahedral tilt ordering in (Na_1/2Bi_1/2)TiO₃ ferroelectric thin films

Journal Article · Mon Jan 13 00:00:00 EST 2020 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5127212· OSTI ID:1774246

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City Univ. of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)
North Carolina State Univ., Raleigh, NC (United States)
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
Xi'an Jiaotong Univ., Shaanxi (China)
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States). Advanced Photon Source (APS)
Hong Kong Univ. (Hong Kong)

Oxygen octahedra tilt (OOT) transition is the most common type of distortion in inorganic ABO₃ compounds with a perovskite crystal structure. The importance of OOT transitions is underlined by accompanying changes in the B-O and A-O bonding environments, which consequently affects the electronic states and hence influences electrical, magnetic, and superconducting properties of many perovskite compounds. In recent years, controlled manipulation of the OOT order in perovskite thin film ferroelectrics has been attempted through heteroepitaxial strain engineering. The current study demonstrates an alternative approach whereby OOT ordering in a 200 nm thick polycrystalline thin film of (Na_1/2Bi_1/2)TiO₃ (NBT) Pb-free ferroelectric is induced by applying electric-field along the 111 octahedral tilt axis, which is furthermore enabled by a strong (111) crystallographic texture normal to the film surface. In situ x-ray diffraction reveals that electric-field-induced OOT ordering proceeds through nucleation and rapid growth of domains with ordered a^⁻a^⁻a^⁻ tilting, followed by an increase in the tilt angle within the ordered domains.

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Research Organization:: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE; USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-06CH11357

OSTI ID:: 1774246

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1591971

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 116; ISSN 0003-6951

Publisher:: American Institute of Physics (AIP)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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