TY - JOUR KW - Defects KW - Iron compounds KW - Ferroelectric materials KW - Ferroelectricity KW - Calculations KW - Growth rate KW - Lead titanate KW - Lutetium compounds KW - Switching KW - Enhanced polarization KW - First-principles calculation KW - Frequency dispersion KW - Improper ferroelectrics KW - Structural order parameter KW - Switching behaviors KW - Switching dynamics KW - Switching voltages AU - P Barrozo AU - D.R Småbråten AU - Y.-L Tang AU - B Prasad AU - S Saremi AU - R Ozgur AU - V Thakare AU - R.A Steinhardt AU - M.E Holtz AU - V.A Stoica AU - L.W Martin AU - D.G Schlom AU - S.M Selbach AU - Ramamoorthy Ramesh AB - Results of switching behavior of the improper ferroelectric LuFeO3 are presented. Using a model set of films prepared under controlled chemical and growth-rate conditions, it is shown that defects can reduce the quasi-static switching voltage by up to 40% in qualitative agreement with first-principles calculations. Switching studies show that the coercive field has a stronger frequency dispersion for the improper ferroelectrics compared to a proper ferroelectric such as PbTiO3. It is concluded that the primary structural order parameter controls the switching dynamics of such improper ferroelectrics. © 2020 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim BT - Advanced Materials DO - 10.1002/adma.202000508 LA - eng N1 - cited By 0 N2 - Results of switching behavior of the improper ferroelectric LuFeO3 are presented. Using a model set of films prepared under controlled chemical and growth-rate conditions, it is shown that defects can reduce the quasi-static switching voltage by up to 40% in qualitative agreement with first-principles calculations. Switching studies show that the coercive field has a stronger frequency dispersion for the improper ferroelectrics compared to a proper ferroelectric such as PbTiO3. It is concluded that the primary structural order parameter controls the switching dynamics of such improper ferroelectrics. © 2020 WILEY-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim PB - Wiley-VCH Verlag PY - 2020 T2 - Advanced Materials TI - Defect-Enhanced Polarization Switching in the Improper Ferroelectric LuFeO3 SN - 09359648 ER -