Nature Communications (Nov 2021)

In-plane quasi-single-domain BaTiO3 via interfacial symmetry engineering

  • J. W. Lee,
  • K. Eom,
  • T. R. Paudel,
  • B. Wang,
  • H. Lu,
  • H. X. Huyan,
  • S. Lindemann,
  • S. Ryu,
  • H. Lee,
  • T. H. Kim,
  • Y. Yuan,
  • J. A. Zorn,
  • S. Lei,
  • W. P. Gao,
  • T. Tybell,
  • V. Gopalan,
  • X. Q. Pan,
  • A. Gruverman,
  • L. Q. Chen,
  • E. Y. Tsymbal,
  • C. B. Eom

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-26660-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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In-plane polarized ferroelectric thin films typically exhibit complicated multidomain states, not desirable for optoelectronic device performance. Here, the authors combine interfacial symmetry engineering and anisotropic strain to design single-domain in-plane polarized ferroelectric BaTiO3 films.