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 https://doi.org/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 |
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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: | https://doi.org/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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