Influence of interfacial coherency on ferroelectric switching of superlattice BaTiO3/SrTiO3

Wu, Pingping; Ma, Xingqiao; Li, Yulan; Eom, Chang -Beom; Schlom, Darrell G.; Gopalan, Venkatraman; Chen, Long -Qing

doi:10.1063/1.4931129

Title: Influence of interfacial coherency on ferroelectric switching of superlattice BaTiO₃/SrTiO₃

Journal Article · Mon Sep 21 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4931129· OSTI ID:1274891

Wu, Pingping ^[1]; Ma, Xingqiao ^[2]; Li, Yulan ^[3]; Eom, Chang -Beom ^[4]; Schlom, Darrell G. ^[5]; Gopalan, Venkatraman ^[6]; Chen, Long -Qing ^[6]

Univ. of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing (China); The Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
Univ. of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing (China)
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Univ. of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI (United States)
Cornell Univ., Ithaca, NY (United States); Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, Ithaca, NY (United States)
The Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)

Switching behavior of (BaTiO₃)₈/(SrTiO₃)₄ heterostructure superlattice grown on SrTiO₃ substrate was studied by employing the phase field method. To investigate the constraint effect of the substrate on switching, three types of superlattice/substrate interface mechanical relaxation conditions were considered, i.e. the fully ommensurate, partially relaxed and fully relaxed. Our simulation results demonstrated that the hysteresis loops under the three types of constraints were very different. The interfacial coherency affects dramatically the coercivity and remanence of the superlattice films. The mechanism of the hysteresis loop varying with interfacial coherency was analyzed by the ferroelectric domain configuration and its evolution during the switching process. Finally, the hysteresis loop of fully relaxed superlattice shows application potential on ferroelectric energy storage materials.

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

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1274891

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-106498

Journal Information:: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 107, Issue 12; ISSN 0003-6951

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