Single-domain multiferroic BiFeO3 films
Abstract
The strong coupling between antiferromagnetism and ferroelectricity at room temperature found in BiFeO3 generates high expectations for the design and development of technological devices with novel functionalities. However, the multi-domain nature of the material tends to nullify the properties of interest and complicates the thorough understanding of the mechanisms that are responsible for those properties. Here we report the realization of a BiFeO3 material in thin film form with single-domain behaviour in both its magnetism and ferroelectricity: the entire film shows its antiferromagnetic axis aligned along the crystallographic b axis and its ferroelectric polarization along the c axis. With this we are able to reveal that the canted ferromagnetic moment due to the Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction is parallel to the a axis. Moreover, by fabricating a Co/BiFeO3 heterostructure, we demonstrate that the ferromagnetic moment of the Co film does couple directly to the canted moment of BiFeO3.
- Authors:
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[5];
- Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden (Germany)
- National Tsing Hua Univ., Hsinchu (Taiwan)
- National Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu (Taiwan)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Xi'an Jiaotong Univ., Shaanxi (China)
- National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center, Hsinchu (Taiwan)
- Synchrotron SOLEIL, Gif-sur-Yvette (France)
- Hiroshima Univ., Higashi-Hiroshima (Japan)
- National Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu (Taiwan); Academia Sinica, Taipei (Taiwan)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1329167
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC05-00OR22725
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Nature Communications
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 7; Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723
- Publisher:
- Nature Publishing Group
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; ferroelectric; multiferroic; piezoresponse force microscopy; domains
Citation Formats
Kuo, Chang -Yang, Hu, Z., Yang, J. C., Liao, S. -C., Huang, Y. L., Vasudevan, R. K., Okatan, M. B., Jesse, Stephen, Kalinin, Sergei V., Li, L., Liu, H. J., Lai, C. -H., Pi, T. W., Agrestini, S., Chen, K., Ohresser, P., Tanaka, A., Tjeng, L. H., and Chu, Ying -Hao. Single-domain multiferroic BiFeO3 films. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1038/ncomms12712.
Kuo, Chang -Yang, Hu, Z., Yang, J. C., Liao, S. -C., Huang, Y. L., Vasudevan, R. K., Okatan, M. B., Jesse, Stephen, Kalinin, Sergei V., Li, L., Liu, H. J., Lai, C. -H., Pi, T. W., Agrestini, S., Chen, K., Ohresser, P., Tanaka, A., Tjeng, L. H., & Chu, Ying -Hao. Single-domain multiferroic BiFeO3 films. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12712
Kuo, Chang -Yang, Hu, Z., Yang, J. C., Liao, S. -C., Huang, Y. L., Vasudevan, R. K., Okatan, M. B., Jesse, Stephen, Kalinin, Sergei V., Li, L., Liu, H. J., Lai, C. -H., Pi, T. W., Agrestini, S., Chen, K., Ohresser, P., Tanaka, A., Tjeng, L. H., and Chu, Ying -Hao. Thu .
"Single-domain multiferroic BiFeO3 films". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12712. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1329167.
@article{osti_1329167,
title = {Single-domain multiferroic BiFeO3 films},
author = {Kuo, Chang -Yang and Hu, Z. and Yang, J. C. and Liao, S. -C. and Huang, Y. L. and Vasudevan, R. K. and Okatan, M. B. and Jesse, Stephen and Kalinin, Sergei V. and Li, L. and Liu, H. J. and Lai, C. -H. and Pi, T. W. and Agrestini, S. and Chen, K. and Ohresser, P. and Tanaka, A. and Tjeng, L. H. and Chu, Ying -Hao},
abstractNote = {The strong coupling between antiferromagnetism and ferroelectricity at room temperature found in BiFeO3 generates high expectations for the design and development of technological devices with novel functionalities. However, the multi-domain nature of the material tends to nullify the properties of interest and complicates the thorough understanding of the mechanisms that are responsible for those properties. Here we report the realization of a BiFeO3 material in thin film form with single-domain behaviour in both its magnetism and ferroelectricity: the entire film shows its antiferromagnetic axis aligned along the crystallographic b axis and its ferroelectric polarization along the c axis. With this we are able to reveal that the canted ferromagnetic moment due to the Dzyaloshinskii–Moriya interaction is parallel to the a axis. Moreover, by fabricating a Co/BiFeO3 heterostructure, we demonstrate that the ferromagnetic moment of the Co film does couple directly to the canted moment of BiFeO3.},
doi = {10.1038/ncomms12712},
journal = {Nature Communications},
number = ,
volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Thu Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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