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Title: Order-Disorder Ferroelectric Transition of Strained SrTiO3

Abstract

SrTiO3 is an incipient ferroelectric that is believed to exhibit a prototype displacive, soft mode ferroelectric transition when subjected to mechanical stress or alloying. We use high-angle annular dark field imaging in scanning transmission electron microscopy to reveal local polar regions in the room temperature, paraelectric phase of strained SrTiO3 films, which undergo a ferroelectric transition at low temperatures. These films contain nanometer-sized domains in which the Ti columns are displaced. In contrast, these nanodomains are absent in unstrained films, which do not become ferroelectric. Here, the results show that the ferroelectric transition of strained SrTiO3 is an order-disorder transition. We discuss the impact of the results on the nature of the ferroelectric transition of SrTiO3.

Authors:
 [1];  [1]; ORCiD logo [1];  [1]
  1. University of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division; US Army Research Office (ARO); National Science Foundation (NSF)
OSTI Identifier:
1649782
Grant/Contract Number:  
FG02-02ER45994; W911NF-16-1-0361; DMR 1720256
Resource Type:
Accepted Manuscript
Journal Name:
Physical Review Letters
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 125; Journal Issue: 8; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007
Publisher:
American Physical Society (APS)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; Phase transitions; ferroelectrics; scanning transmission electron microscopy

Citation Formats

Salmani-Rezaie, Salva, Ahadi, Kaveh, Strickland, William  M., and Stemmer, Susanne. Order-Disorder Ferroelectric Transition of Strained SrTiO3. United States: N. p., 2020. Web. doi:10.1103/physrevlett.125.087601.
Salmani-Rezaie, Salva, Ahadi, Kaveh, Strickland, William  M., & Stemmer, Susanne. Order-Disorder Ferroelectric Transition of Strained SrTiO3. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.125.087601
Salmani-Rezaie, Salva, Ahadi, Kaveh, Strickland, William  M., and Stemmer, Susanne. Thu . "Order-Disorder Ferroelectric Transition of Strained SrTiO3". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.125.087601. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1649782.
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abstractNote = {SrTiO3 is an incipient ferroelectric that is believed to exhibit a prototype displacive, soft mode ferroelectric transition when subjected to mechanical stress or alloying. We use high-angle annular dark field imaging in scanning transmission electron microscopy to reveal local polar regions in the room temperature, paraelectric phase of strained SrTiO3 films, which undergo a ferroelectric transition at low temperatures. These films contain nanometer-sized domains in which the Ti columns are displaced. In contrast, these nanodomains are absent in unstrained films, which do not become ferroelectric. Here, the results show that the ferroelectric transition of strained SrTiO3 is an order-disorder transition. We discuss the impact of the results on the nature of the ferroelectric transition of SrTiO3.},
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