TY - JOUR KW - Films KW - Substrates KW - Bismuth compounds KW - Thermodynamic properties KW - Epitaxial films KW - Strain KW - Film orientations KW - Spontaneous emission KW - Spontaneous polarization AU - J.X Zhang AU - Y.L Li AU - Y Wang AU - Z.K Liu AU - L.Q Chen AU - Y.H Chu AU - F Zavaliche AU - Ramamoorthy Ramesh AB - A single-domain thermodynamic theory is employed to predict the spontaneous polarizations of (001) c, (101) c, and (111) c oriented epitaxial BiFeO3 thin films grown on dissimilar substrates. The effects of various substrate-induced strains on the spontaneous polarization were studied. The dependences of the spontaneous polarization on film orientations and the types of substrate-induced strains were analyzed. © 2007 American Institute of Physics. BT - Journal of Applied Physics DO - 10.1063/1.2743733 LA - eng M1 - 11 N1 - cited By 97 N2 - A single-domain thermodynamic theory is employed to predict the spontaneous polarizations of (001) c, (101) c, and (111) c oriented epitaxial BiFeO3 thin films grown on dissimilar substrates. The effects of various substrate-induced strains on the spontaneous polarization were studied. The dependences of the spontaneous polarization on film orientations and the types of substrate-induced strains were analyzed. © 2007 American Institute of Physics. PY - 2007 T2 - Journal of Applied Physics TI - Effect of substrate-induced strains on the spontaneous polarization of epitaxial BiFeO3 thin films VL - 101 SN - 00218979 ER -