Nanodomain faceting in ferroelectrics

Scott, J. F. and Gruverman, A. and Wu, D. and Vrejoiu, I. and Alexe, M. (2008) Nanodomain faceting in ferroelectrics. Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter, 20 (42). p. 425222. DOI 10.1088/0953-8984/20/42/425222

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Abstract

We show that after long times (24 h), individual circular domains in 50 nm thick [001] epitaxial films of ferroelectric lead zirconate titanate (PZT) develop facets due to the crystalline anisotropy, e.g. along [100] directions. This appears to be a creep process (Tybell et al 2002 Phys. Rev. Lett. 89 097601; Paruch et al 2006 J. Appl. Phys. 100 051608) and was first seen in a nanoarray of 180deg domains (Ganpule et al 2002 Phys. Rev. B 65 014101). The effect is independent of polarity and thus rules out any electronic dependence on different work functions for top and bottom electrodes. The phenomenon is interpreted instead as a mechanical relaxation due to highly inhomogeneous stress distributions on the nanodisks, assumed to have stress-free edges.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	08AREP; IA57;
Subjects:	03 - Mineral Sciences
Divisions:	03 - Mineral Sciences
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter
Volume:	20
Page Range:	p. 425222
Identification Number:	10.1088/0953-8984/20/42/425222
Depositing User:	Sarah Humbert
Date Deposited:	30 May 2009 11:52
Last Modified:	23 Jul 2013 09:55
URI:	http://eprints.esc.cam.ac.uk/id/eprint/1042

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