Imaging Ferroelastic Domain Walls in Hybrid Improper Ferroelectric Sr3Sn2O7

Sargent, Ashley M.; Smith, Kevin A.; Du, Kai; Xu, Xianghan; Cheong, Sang-Wook; Gilbert Corder, Stephanie N.; Bechtel, Hans A.; Musfeldt, Janice L.

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c04483

Title: Imaging Ferroelastic Domain Walls in Hybrid Improper Ferroelectric Sr₃Sn₂O₇

Journal Article · 30 October 2024 · Nano Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c04483 · OSTI ID:2477943

Sargent, Ashley M. ^[1]; Smith, Kevin A. ^[1]; Du, Kai ^[2]; Xu, Xianghan ^[2]; Cheong, Sang-Wook ^[2]; Gilbert Corder, Stephanie N. ^[3]; Bechtel, Hans A. ^[3];

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Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States)
Rutgers Univ., Piscataway, NJ (United States)
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States). Advanced Light Source (ALS)

For this work, we combined synchrotron-based near field infrared spectroscopy and atomic force microscopy to image the properties of ferroelastic domain walls in Sr₃Sn₂O₇. Although frequency shifts at the walls are near the limit of our sensitivity, we can confirm semiconducting rather than metallic character and widths between 20 and 60 nm. The latter is significantly narrower than in other hybrid improper ferroelectrics like Ca₃Ti₂O₇. We attribute this trend to the softer lattice in Sr₃Sn₂O₇, which may enable the octahedral tilt and rotation order parameters to evolve more quickly across the wall without significantly increased strain. These findings are crucial for the understanding of phononic properties at interfaces and the development of domain wall-based devices.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), Berkeley, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division (MSE)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-05CH11231

OSTI ID:: 2477943

Journal Information:: Nano Letters, Journal Name: Nano Letters Journal Issue: 45 Vol. 24; ISSN 1530-6984

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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