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Title: Long-range stripe nanodomains in epitaxial (110) BiFeO3 thin films on (100) NdGaO3 substrate

Abstract

Here, we report the observation of ferroelectric and ferroelastic nanodomains in (110)-oriented BiFeO3 (BFO) thin films epitaxially grown on low symmetric (100) NdGaO3 (NGO) substrate. We observed long range ordering of ferroelectric 109° stripe nanodomains separated by periodic vertical domain walls in as-grown 130 nm thick BFO films. The effect of La0.67Sr0.33CoO3 (LSCO) conducting interlayer on domain configurations in BFO/NGO film was also observed with relatively short range-ordering of stripe domains due to the modified electrostatic boundary conditions in BFO/LSCO/NGO film. Additional studies on B-site doping of Nb ions in BFO films showed change in the domain structures due to doping induced change in lattice anisotropy while maintaining the stripe domain morphology with 109° domain wall. Finally, this long-range array of ferroelectric and ferroelastic domains can be useful for optoelectronic devices and ferroelastic templates for strain coupled artificial magnetoelectric heterostructures.

Authors:
 [1];  [2]; ORCiD logo [3];  [4];  [5];  [2]; ORCiD logo [4]
  1. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States); Univ. of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR (United States); Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  2. Univ. of Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR (United States)
  3. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States)
  4. Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Lemont, IL (United States); KAIST, Daejeon (Korea)
  5. KAIST, Daejeon (Korea)
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Research Org.:
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22), Materials Sciences and Engineering Division
OSTI Identifier:
1369036
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Scientific Reports
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 7; Journal Issue: 1; Journal ID: ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher:
Nature Publishing Group
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; ferroelectrics and multiferroics; nanoscale materials

Citation Formats

Sharma, Yogesh, Agarwal, Radhe, Phatak, Charudatta, Kim, Bumsoo, Jeon, Seokwoo, Katiyar, Ram S., and Hong, Seungbum. Long-range stripe nanodomains in epitaxial (110) BiFeO3 thin films on (100) NdGaO3 substrate. United States: N. p., 2017. Web. doi:10.1038/s41598-017-05055-z.
Sharma, Yogesh, Agarwal, Radhe, Phatak, Charudatta, Kim, Bumsoo, Jeon, Seokwoo, Katiyar, Ram S., & Hong, Seungbum. Long-range stripe nanodomains in epitaxial (110) BiFeO3 thin films on (100) NdGaO3 substrate. United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05055-z
Sharma, Yogesh, Agarwal, Radhe, Phatak, Charudatta, Kim, Bumsoo, Jeon, Seokwoo, Katiyar, Ram S., and Hong, Seungbum. Fri . "Long-range stripe nanodomains in epitaxial (110) BiFeO3 thin films on (100) NdGaO3 substrate". United States. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-017-05055-z. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1369036.
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title = {Long-range stripe nanodomains in epitaxial (110) BiFeO3 thin films on (100) NdGaO3 substrate},
author = {Sharma, Yogesh and Agarwal, Radhe and Phatak, Charudatta and Kim, Bumsoo and Jeon, Seokwoo and Katiyar, Ram S. and Hong, Seungbum},
abstractNote = {Here, we report the observation of ferroelectric and ferroelastic nanodomains in (110)-oriented BiFeO3 (BFO) thin films epitaxially grown on low symmetric (100) NdGaO3 (NGO) substrate. We observed long range ordering of ferroelectric 109° stripe nanodomains separated by periodic vertical domain walls in as-grown 130 nm thick BFO films. The effect of La0.67Sr0.33CoO3 (LSCO) conducting interlayer on domain configurations in BFO/NGO film was also observed with relatively short range-ordering of stripe domains due to the modified electrostatic boundary conditions in BFO/LSCO/NGO film. Additional studies on B-site doping of Nb ions in BFO films showed change in the domain structures due to doping induced change in lattice anisotropy while maintaining the stripe domain morphology with 109° domain wall. Finally, this long-range array of ferroelectric and ferroelastic domains can be useful for optoelectronic devices and ferroelastic templates for strain coupled artificial magnetoelectric heterostructures.},
doi = {10.1038/s41598-017-05055-z},
journal = {Scientific Reports},
number = 1,
volume = 7,
place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jul 07 00:00:00 EDT 2017},
month = {Fri Jul 07 00:00:00 EDT 2017}
}

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