Domain wall motion across microstructural features in polycrystalline ferroelectric films

Hennessey, Gavin; Peters, Travis; Tipsawat, Pannawit; Checa Nualart, Marti; Collins, Liam; Trolier-McKinstry, Susan

doi:10.1016/j.actamat.2023.118871

Title: Domain wall motion across microstructural features in polycrystalline ferroelectric films

Journal Article · Mon Mar 20 00:00:00 EDT 2023 · Acta Materialia

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2023.118871· OSTI ID:1965251

Hennessey, Gavin ^[1];

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Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

This paper describes the effect of microstructural features such as grain boundaries and triple points on the pinning of domain wall motion in perovskite Pb(Zr_0.52Ti_0.48)O₃ (PZT) films on polycrystalline SrRuO₃/SrTiO₃ substrates. Here, spatial variability in the collective domain wall dynamics was assessed using non-linearity mapping via Band Excitation Piezoresponse Force Microscopy (BE-PFM). Collocating the non-linearity maps with triple point locations (as visualized by EBSD) allowed for exploration of the effects that local microstructure (e.g., grain boundary) have on domain wall motion. It was found that the extrinsic behavior varied with both the misorientation angle and the proximity to the grain boundary. The width of influence of individual grain boundaries on the motion of domain walls was a function of the character of the grain boundary; random grain boundaries exhibit deeper minima in α_d/d_33,initial and larger widths of influence (up to 905 nm) compared to coincident site lattice (CSL) boundaries (up to 572 nm). Additionally, triple points containing larger numbers of random boundaries exhibited non-Rayleigh behavior to greater distances, suggesting that the triple point provides either a deep potential minimum or a region where domain wall motion is unfavorable.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC); National Science Foundation (NSF)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; DMR- 2025439

OSTI ID:: 1965251

Journal Information:: Acta Materialia, Vol. 250; ISSN 1359-6454

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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