Role of ferroelectric polarization during growth of highly strained ferroelectric materials

Liu, Rui; Ulbrandt, Jeffrey G.; Hsing, Hsiang-Chun; Gura, Anna; Bein, Benjamin; Sun, Alec; Pan, Charles; Bertino, Giulia; Lai, Amanda; Cheng, Kaize; Doyle, Eli; Evans-Lutterodt, Kenneth; Headrick, Randall L.; Dawber, Matthew

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-16356-9

Title: Role of ferroelectric polarization during growth of highly strained ferroelectric materials

Journal Article · 25 May 2020 · Nature Communications

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16356-9 · OSTI ID:1637484

^[1]; Ulbrandt, Jeffrey G. ^[2]; Hsing, Hsiang-Chun ^[1]; Gura, Anna ^[1]; Bein, Benjamin ^[1]; Sun, Alec ^[1]; Pan, Charles ^[1]; Bertino, Giulia ^[1]; Lai, Amanda ^[1]; Cheng, Kaize ^[1]; Doyle, Eli ^[1]; Evans-Lutterodt, Kenneth ^[3];

^[2]; Dawber, Matthew ^[1]

Stony Brook Univ., NY (United States)
Univ. of Vermont, Burlington, VT (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

In ferroelectric thin films and superlattices, the polarization is intricately linked to crystal structure. Here we show that it can also play an important role in the growth process, influencing growth rates, relaxation mechanisms, electrical properties and domain structures. This is studied by focusing on the properties of BaTiO₃ thin films grown on very thin layers of PbTiO₃ using x-ray diffraction, piezoforce microscopy, electrical characterization and rapid in-situ x-ray diffraction reciprocal space maps during the growth using synchrotron radiation. Using a simple model we show that the changes in growth are driven by the energy cost for the top material to sustain the polarization imposed upon it by the underlying layer, and these effects may be expected to occur in other multilayer systems where polarization is present during growth. This motivates the concept of polarization engineering as a complementary approach to strain engineering.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1637484

Report Number(s):: BNL--216113-2020-JAAM; {"Journal ID: ISSN 2041-1723",""}

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 11; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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