Large ferroelectric polarization in antiferromagnetic BiFe0.5Cr0.5O3 epitaxial films
- ORNL
Multiferroic BiFe0.5Cr0.5O3 solid solution epitaxial films were grown by pulsed laser deposition on SrTiO3 (001) substrates with SrRuO3 bottom electrodes. Formation of the meta-stable composition in the form of high-quality epitaxial films was made possible by a sequential deposition of 0.1 unit cell amounts of BiFeO3 and BiCrO3. The random distribution of Fe and Cr cation results in a linear response of magnetization with varying magnetic field, consistent with a dominant antiferromagnetic order. Polarization measurements at 77.3 K for the first time reveal ferroelectric hysteresis with a remanent polarization as high as 56 C/cm2 along the pseudocubic [001] direction.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC05-00OR22725
- OSTI ID:
- 930932
- Journal Information:
- Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 91, Issue 4; ISSN 0003-6951
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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