Facilitation of Ferroelectric Switching via Mechanical Manipulation of Hierarchical Nanoscale Domain Structures

Chen, Zibin; Hong, Liang; Wang, Feifei; Ringer, Simon P.; Chen, Long-Qing; Luo, Haosu; Liao, Xiaozhou

doi:10.1103/physrevlett.118.017601

Title: Facilitation of Ferroelectric Switching via Mechanical Manipulation of Hierarchical Nanoscale Domain Structures

Journal Article · Fri Jan 06 00:00:00 EST 2017 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.118.017601· OSTI ID:1536468

Chen, Zibin ^[1]; Hong, Liang ^[2]; Wang, Feifei ^[3]; Ringer, Simon P. ^[4]; Chen, Long-Qing ^[2]; Luo, Haosu ^[5]; Liao, Xiaozhou ^[1]

Univ. of Sydney, NSW (Australia). School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States). Dept. of Materials Science and Engineering
Shanghai Normal Univ. (China). Key Lab. of Optoelectronic Material and Device. Dept. of Physics
Univ. of Sydney, NSW (Australia). School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering. Australian Inst. for Nanoscale Science and Technology
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), Shanghai (China). Key Lab. of Inorganic Functional Materials and Devices. Shanghai Inst. of Ceramics

Heterogeneous ferroelastic transition that produces hierarchical 90° tetragonal nanodomains via mechanical loading and its effect on facilitating ferroelectric domain switching in relaxor-based ferroelectrics were explored. Combining in situ electron microscopy characterization and phase-field modeling, we reveal the nature of the transition process and discover that the transition lowers by 40% the electrical loading threshold needed for ferroelectric domain switching. Our results advance the fundamental understanding of ferroelectric domain switching behavior.

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Research Organization:: Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: FG02-07ER46417

OSTI ID:: 1536468

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1338656

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 118, Issue 1; ISSN 0031-9007

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