A new era in ferroelectrics
Abstract
Topological structures in ferroic materials have drawn great interest in recent years due to the richness of the underlying physics and the potential for applications in next generation electronics. Recent advances in atomically precise thin-film materials synthesis and characterization of structural/physical phenomena at unprecedented length/energy/time scales have enabled us to study exotic phases and their associated physics [Rößler et al., Nature 442, 797 (2006); S. Das, Nature 568, 368 (2019); Yadav et al., Nature 530, 198 (2016); and Stoica et al., Nat. Mater. 18, 377 (2019)]. It is appropriate that, in the second century of ferroelectrics, some dramatic discoveries are propelling the field into directions heretofore unimaginable. In this review, we explore the recent progress in ferroelectric-oxide superlattices in which researchers can control structure and physical properties through the application of epitaxial strain, layer thickness, temperature, electric field, etc. We provide a discussion of exotic topological structures (e.g., closure domains, vortices, polar skyrmions, and other exotic phases) and associated functionalities in ferroelectric/paraelectric superlattices. We conclude with a brief overview of and prospects for how the field may evolve in the coming years.
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- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering; Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics
- Zhejiang Univ., Hangzhou (China). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)
- Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States). School of Applied and Engineering Physics
- School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA;Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA
- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Science Division
- Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering; Univ. of California, Berkeley, CA (United States). Dept. of Physics; Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Materials Science Division
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- Research Org.:
- Lawrence Berkeley National Lab. (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1810076
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-05CH11231
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- APL Materials
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 8; Journal Issue: 12; Journal ID: ISSN 2166-532X
- Publisher:
- American Institute of Physics (AIP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
Citation Formats
Das, S., Hong, Z., McCarter, M., Shafer, P., Shao, Yu-Tsun, Muller, D. A., Martin, L. W., and Ramesh, R. A new era in ferroelectrics. United States: N. p., 2020.
Web. doi:10.1063/5.0034914.
Das, S., Hong, Z., McCarter, M., Shafer, P., Shao, Yu-Tsun, Muller, D. A., Martin, L. W., & Ramesh, R. A new era in ferroelectrics. United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0034914
Das, S., Hong, Z., McCarter, M., Shafer, P., Shao, Yu-Tsun, Muller, D. A., Martin, L. W., and Ramesh, R. Tue .
"A new era in ferroelectrics". United States. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0034914. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1810076.
@article{osti_1810076,
title = {A new era in ferroelectrics},
author = {Das, S. and Hong, Z. and McCarter, M. and Shafer, P. and Shao, Yu-Tsun and Muller, D. A. and Martin, L. W. and Ramesh, R.},
abstractNote = {Topological structures in ferroic materials have drawn great interest in recent years due to the richness of the underlying physics and the potential for applications in next generation electronics. Recent advances in atomically precise thin-film materials synthesis and characterization of structural/physical phenomena at unprecedented length/energy/time scales have enabled us to study exotic phases and their associated physics [Rößler et al., Nature 442, 797 (2006); S. Das, Nature 568, 368 (2019); Yadav et al., Nature 530, 198 (2016); and Stoica et al., Nat. Mater. 18, 377 (2019)]. It is appropriate that, in the second century of ferroelectrics, some dramatic discoveries are propelling the field into directions heretofore unimaginable. In this review, we explore the recent progress in ferroelectric-oxide superlattices in which researchers can control structure and physical properties through the application of epitaxial strain, layer thickness, temperature, electric field, etc. We provide a discussion of exotic topological structures (e.g., closure domains, vortices, polar skyrmions, and other exotic phases) and associated functionalities in ferroelectric/paraelectric superlattices. We conclude with a brief overview of and prospects for how the field may evolve in the coming years.},
doi = {10.1063/5.0034914},
journal = {APL Materials},
number = 12,
volume = 8,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2020},
month = {Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2020}
}
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