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Title: Nanoscale Electrochemical Phenomena of Polarization Switching in Ferroelectrics

Abstract

Polarization switching is a fundamental feature of ferroelectric materials, enabling a plethora of applications and captivating the attention of the scientific community for over half a century. Many previous studies considered ferroelectric switching as a purely physical process, whereas polarization is fully controlled by the superposition of electric fields. However, screening charge is required for thermodynamic stability of the single domain state that is of interest in many technological applications. The screening process has always been assumed to be fast; thus, the rate-limiting phenomena were believed to be domain nucleation and domain wall dynamics. In this manuscript, we demonstrate that polarization switching under an atomic force microscopy tip leads to reversible ionic motion in the top 3 nm of PbZr0.2Ti0.8O3 surface layer. This evidence points to a strong chemical component to a process believed to be purely physical and has major implications for understanding ferroelectric materials, making ferroelectric devices, and interpreting local ferroelectric switching.

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ORCiD logo [1];  [2];  [3];  [3]; ORCiD logo [3]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]; ORCiD logo [1]
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  1. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
  2. Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
  3. Univ. of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA (United States)
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Research Org.:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC)
OSTI Identifier:
1486955
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1604653
Grant/Contract Number:  
AC05-00OR22725; AC02-05CH11231
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 10; Journal Issue: 44; Journal ID: ISSN 1944-8244
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; atomic force microscopy; chemical phenomena; ferroelectrics; ionic motion; screening; time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry

Citation Formats

Ievlev, Anton V., Brown, Chance C., Agar, Joshua C., Velarde, Gabriel A., Martin, Lane W., Belianinov, Alex, Maksymovych, Petro, Kalinin, Sergei V., and Ovchinnikova, Olga S. Nanoscale Electrochemical Phenomena of Polarization Switching in Ferroelectrics. United States: N. p., 2018. Web. doi:10.1021/acsami.8b13034.
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Ievlev, Anton V., Brown, Chance C., Agar, Joshua C., Velarde, Gabriel A., Martin, Lane W., Belianinov, Alex, Maksymovych, Petro, Kalinin, Sergei V., & Ovchinnikova, Olga S. Nanoscale Electrochemical Phenomena of Polarization Switching in Ferroelectrics. United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b13034
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Ievlev, Anton V., Brown, Chance C., Agar, Joshua C., Velarde, Gabriel A., Martin, Lane W., Belianinov, Alex, Maksymovych, Petro, Kalinin, Sergei V., and Ovchinnikova, Olga S. Mon . "Nanoscale Electrochemical Phenomena of Polarization Switching in Ferroelectrics". United States. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.8b13034. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1486955.
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@article{osti_1486955,
title = {Nanoscale Electrochemical Phenomena of Polarization Switching in Ferroelectrics},
author = {Ievlev, Anton V. and Brown, Chance C. and Agar, Joshua C. and Velarde, Gabriel A. and Martin, Lane W. and Belianinov, Alex and Maksymovych, Petro and Kalinin, Sergei V. and Ovchinnikova, Olga S.},
abstractNote = {Polarization switching is a fundamental feature of ferroelectric materials, enabling a plethora of applications and captivating the attention of the scientific community for over half a century. Many previous studies considered ferroelectric switching as a purely physical process, whereas polarization is fully controlled by the superposition of electric fields. However, screening charge is required for thermodynamic stability of the single domain state that is of interest in many technological applications. The screening process has always been assumed to be fast; thus, the rate-limiting phenomena were believed to be domain nucleation and domain wall dynamics. In this manuscript, we demonstrate that polarization switching under an atomic force microscopy tip leads to reversible ionic motion in the top 3 nm of PbZr0.2Ti0.8O3 surface layer. This evidence points to a strong chemical component to a process believed to be purely physical and has major implications for understanding ferroelectric materials, making ferroelectric devices, and interpreting local ferroelectric switching.},
doi = {10.1021/acsami.8b13034},
journal = {ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces},
number = 44,
volume = 10,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2018},
month = {Mon Oct 15 00:00:00 EDT 2018}
}
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Figure 1 Figure 1: PFM measurements of the piezoresponse in the locally switched regions of a PZT thin film. (a) Topography, (b) PFM amplitude signal, (c) PFM phase signal.
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