Manipulating ferroelectric behaviors via electron-beam induced crystalline defects

Huang, Qianwei; Chen, Zibin; Cabral, Matthew J.; Luo, Haosu; Liu, Hongwei; Zhang, Shujun; Li, Yulan; Mai, Yiu-Wing; Ringer, Simon P.; Liao, Xiaozhou

doi:10.1039/d1nr04300e

Title: Manipulating ferroelectric behaviors via electron-beam induced crystalline defects

Journal Article · 03 August 2021 · Nanoscale

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/d1nr04300e · OSTI ID:1907336

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Univ. of Sydney, Darlington, NSW (Australia)
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai (China)
Univ. of Sydney, Chippendale, NSW (Australia)
Univ. of Wollongong, NSW (Australia)
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Ferroelectric nanoplates are attractive for applications in nanoelectronic devices. Defect engineering has been an effective way to control and manipulate ferroelectric properties in nanoscale devices. Defects can act as pinning centers for ferroelectric domain wall motion, altering the switching properties and domain dynamics of ferroelectrics. However, there is a lack of detailed investigation on the interactions between defects and domain walls in ferroelectric nanoplates due to the limitation of previous characterization techniques, which impedes the development of defect engineering in ferroelectric nanodevices. In this study, we applied in situ biasing transmission electron microscopy to explore how dislocation loops, which were judiciously introduced into barium titanate nanoplates via electron beam irradiation, affect the motion of ferroelectric domain walls. The results show that the motion was dramatically suppressed by these localized defects, because of the local strain fields induced by the defects. Additionally, the pinning effect can be further enhanced by multiple domain walls embedded with defect arrays. These results indicate the possibility of manipulating domain switching in ferroelectric nanoplates via the electron beam.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: Australian Research Council; USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1907336

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-158379

Journal Information:: Nanoscale, Journal Name: Nanoscale Journal Issue: 34 Vol. 13; ISSN 2040-3364

Publisher:: Royal Society of ChemistryCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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