TY - JOUR
KW - Lead
KW - Thin films
KW - Zirconium
KW - Ferroelectricity
KW - Switching
KW - Ferroelectric films
KW - Ferroelectric switching
KW - Nanodomain
KW - Ferroelastic switching
KW - Ferroelastic domains
KW - Force microscopy
KW - Nanoscale control
KW - Voltage-controlled
KW - Wall movements
AU - A.I Khan
AU - X Marti
AU - C Serrao
AU - Ramamoorthy Ramesh
AU - S Salahuddin
AB - We report a voltage controlled reversible creation and annihilation of a-axis oriented ∼10 nm wide ferroelastic nanodomains without a concurrent ferroelectric 180° switching of the surrounding c-domain matrix in archetypal ferroelectric Pb(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3 thin films by using the piezo-response force microscopy technique. In previous studies, the coupled nature of ferroelectric switching and ferroelastic rotation has made it difficult to differentiate the underlying physics of ferroelastic domain wall movement. Our observation of distinct thresholds for ferroelectric and ferroelastic switching allows us investigate the ferroelastic switching cleanly and demonstrate a new degree of nanoscale control over the ferroelastic domains. (Figure Presented). © 2015 American Chemical Society.
BT - Nano Letters
DO - 10.1021/nl503806p
LA - eng
M1 - 4
N1 - cited By 23
N2 - We report a voltage controlled reversible creation and annihilation of a-axis oriented ∼10 nm wide ferroelastic nanodomains without a concurrent ferroelectric 180° switching of the surrounding c-domain matrix in archetypal ferroelectric Pb(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3 thin films by using the piezo-response force microscopy technique. In previous studies, the coupled nature of ferroelectric switching and ferroelastic rotation has made it difficult to differentiate the underlying physics of ferroelastic domain wall movement. Our observation of distinct thresholds for ferroelectric and ferroelastic switching allows us investigate the ferroelastic switching cleanly and demonstrate a new degree of nanoscale control over the ferroelastic domains. (Figure Presented). © 2015 American Chemical Society.
PB - American Chemical Society
PY - 2015
SP - 2229
EP - 2234
T2 - Nano Letters
TI - Voltage-Controlled Ferroelastic Switching in Pb(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3 Thin Films
VL - 15
SN - 15306984
ER -