Ferroelectric state and polarization switching behaviour of ultrafine BaTiO3 nanoparticles with large-scale size uniformity

Hao, Yanan; Feng, Zunpeng; Banerjee, Soham; Wang, Xiaohui; Billinge, Simon L.; Wang, Jiesu; Jin, Kuijuan; Bi, Ke; Li, Longtu

doi:10.1039/d0tc05975g

Ferroelectric state and polarization switching behaviour of ultrafine BaTiO₃ nanoparticles with large-scale size uniformity

Journal Article · Tue Mar 23 00:00:00 EDT 2021 · Journal of Materials Chemistry C

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1039/d0tc05975g· OSTI ID:1781498

^[1]; Feng, Zunpeng ^[2]; Banerjee, Soham ^[3]; Wang, Xiaohui ^[4]; Billinge, Simon L. ^[5]; Wang, Jiesu ^[6]; Jin, Kuijuan ^[6]; ^[2]; Li, Longtu ^[4]

Beijing Univ. of Posts and Telecommunications (China). State Key Lab. of Information Photonics and Optical Communications; Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China). State Key Lab. of New Ceramics and Fine Processing
Beijing Univ. of Posts and Telecommunications (China). State Key Lab. of Information Photonics and Optical Communications
Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States)
Tsinghua Univ., Beijing (China). State Key Lab. of New Ceramics and Fine Processing
Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States); Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Beijing (China). Inst. of Physics. Beijing National Lab. for Condensed Matter Physics (BNLCP-CAS)

BaTiO₃ (BTO) nanoparticles (NPs) with controlled particle sizes of 2.8, 4.5 and 8.1 nm and large-scale size uniformity are fabricated. The structure and polarization switching behaviour of the 4.5 nm BTO NPs are investigated. Structural analysis using the atomic pair distribution function (PDF) technique confirms that the particles are non-centrosymmetric at room temperature, and reveals that the ferroelectric distortions are spatially coherent. With increasing temperature, declined ferroelectric features and responses are observed by Raman scattering and second harmonic generation (SHG), suggesting a diffuse phase transition. After self-assembly into compact thin films, selectively written and read electric polarization of the nanocrystals show direct evidence for the presence of ferroelectricity, demonstrating that the local spatial coherent asymmetric nanoparticles with detectable Ti distortion can lead to sufficient macroscopic polarization in the 4.5 nm BTO NP aggregate. The results indicate that these ultrafine ferroelectric NPs are promising candidate materials for the fabrication of high-density ferroelectric memory devices.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC); MOST; National Key R&D Program of China

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1781498

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1774685
OSTI ID: 1785246

Report Number(s):: BNL--221363-2021-JAAM

Journal Information:: Journal of Materials Chemistry C, Journal Name: Journal of Materials Chemistry C Journal Issue: 15 Vol. 9; ISSN 2050-7526

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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