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Title: Constructing Polymorphic Nanodomains in BaTiO 3 Films via Epitaxial Symmetry Engineering

Abstract

Abstract Ferroelectric materials owning a polymorphic nanodomain structure usually exhibit colossal susceptibilities to external mechanical, electrical, and thermal stimuli, thus holding huge potential for relevant applications. Despite the success of traditional strategies by means of complex composition design, alternative simple methods such as strain engineering have been intensively sought to achieve a polymorphic nanodomain state in lead‐free, simple‐composition ferroelectric oxides in recent years. Here, a nanodomain configuration with morphed structural phases is realized in an epitaxial BaTiO 3 film grown on a (111)‐oriented SrTiO 3 substrate. Using a combination of experimental and theoretical approaches, it is revealed that a threefold rotational symmetry element enforced by the epitaxial constraint along the [111] direction of BaTiO 3 introduces considerable instability among intrinsic tetragonal, orthorhombic, and rhombohedral phases. Such phase degeneracy induces ultrafine ferroelectric nanodomains (1–10 nm) with low‐angle domain walls, which exhibit significantly enhanced dielectric and piezoelectric responses compared to the (001)‐oriented BaTiO 3 film with uniaxial ferroelectricity. Therefore, the finding highlights the important role of epitaxial symmetry in domain engineering of oxide ferroelectrics and facilitates the development of dielectric capacitors and piezoelectric devices.

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  1. Center for Correlated Electron Systems Institute for Basic Science, Seoul (Korea, Republic of); Seoul National University (Korea, Republic of)
  2. Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA (United States)
  3. Seoul National University (Korea, Republic of)
  4. University of Ulsan (Korea, Republic of)
  5. Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (Korea, Republic of)
  6. Zhejiang University of Technology, Hangzhou (China)
  7. Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore (Singapore)
  8. King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal (Saudi Arabia)
  9. Soongsil University, Seoul (Korea, Republic of)
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Research Org.:
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
OSTI Identifier:
1631005
Alternate Identifier(s):
OSTI ID: 1601491
Grant/Contract Number:  
SC0020145
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Advanced Functional Materials
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 30; Journal Issue: 16; Journal ID: ISSN 1616-301X
Publisher:
Wiley
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; polymorph domains, BaTiO3 films, epitaxial engineering

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Peng, Wei, Zorn, Jacob A., Mun, Junsik, Sheeraz, Muhammad, Roh, Chang Jae, Pan, Jun, Wang, Bo, Guo, Kun, Ahn, Chang Won, Zhang, Yaping, Yao, Kui, Lee, Jong Seok, Chung, Jin‐Seok, Kim, Tae Heon, Chen, Long‐Qing, Kim, Miyoung, Wang, Lingfei, and Noh, Tae Won. Constructing Polymorphic Nanodomains in BaTiO 3 Films via Epitaxial Symmetry Engineering. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1002/adfm.201910569.
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Peng, Wei, Zorn, Jacob A., Mun, Junsik, Sheeraz, Muhammad, Roh, Chang Jae, Pan, Jun, Wang, Bo, Guo, Kun, Ahn, Chang Won, Zhang, Yaping, Yao, Kui, Lee, Jong Seok, Chung, Jin‐Seok, Kim, Tae Heon, Chen, Long‐Qing, Kim, Miyoung, Wang, Lingfei, & Noh, Tae Won. Constructing Polymorphic Nanodomains in BaTiO 3 Films via Epitaxial Symmetry Engineering. United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201910569
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Peng, Wei, Zorn, Jacob A., Mun, Junsik, Sheeraz, Muhammad, Roh, Chang Jae, Pan, Jun, Wang, Bo, Guo, Kun, Ahn, Chang Won, Zhang, Yaping, Yao, Kui, Lee, Jong Seok, Chung, Jin‐Seok, Kim, Tae Heon, Chen, Long‐Qing, Kim, Miyoung, Wang, Lingfei, and Noh, Tae Won. Mon . "Constructing Polymorphic Nanodomains in BaTiO 3 Films via Epitaxial Symmetry Engineering". United States. https://doi.org/10.1002/adfm.201910569. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1631005.
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@article{osti_1631005,
title = {Constructing Polymorphic Nanodomains in BaTiO 3 Films via Epitaxial Symmetry Engineering},
author = {Peng, Wei and Zorn, Jacob A. and Mun, Junsik and Sheeraz, Muhammad and Roh, Chang Jae and Pan, Jun and Wang, Bo and Guo, Kun and Ahn, Chang Won and Zhang, Yaping and Yao, Kui and Lee, Jong Seok and Chung, Jin‐Seok and Kim, Tae Heon and Chen, Long‐Qing and Kim, Miyoung and Wang, Lingfei and Noh, Tae Won},
abstractNote = {Abstract Ferroelectric materials owning a polymorphic nanodomain structure usually exhibit colossal susceptibilities to external mechanical, electrical, and thermal stimuli, thus holding huge potential for relevant applications. Despite the success of traditional strategies by means of complex composition design, alternative simple methods such as strain engineering have been intensively sought to achieve a polymorphic nanodomain state in lead‐free, simple‐composition ferroelectric oxides in recent years. Here, a nanodomain configuration with morphed structural phases is realized in an epitaxial BaTiO 3 film grown on a (111)‐oriented SrTiO 3 substrate. Using a combination of experimental and theoretical approaches, it is revealed that a threefold rotational symmetry element enforced by the epitaxial constraint along the [111] direction of BaTiO 3 introduces considerable instability among intrinsic tetragonal, orthorhombic, and rhombohedral phases. Such phase degeneracy induces ultrafine ferroelectric nanodomains (1–10 nm) with low‐angle domain walls, which exhibit significantly enhanced dielectric and piezoelectric responses compared to the (001)‐oriented BaTiO 3 film with uniaxial ferroelectricity. Therefore, the finding highlights the important role of epitaxial symmetry in domain engineering of oxide ferroelectrics and facilitates the development of dielectric capacitors and piezoelectric devices.},
doi = {10.1002/adfm.201910569},
journal = {Advanced Functional Materials},
number = 16,
volume = 30,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Feb 24 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Mon Feb 24 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}
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