Nature Communications (Mar 2023)

Interface-engineered ferroelectricity of epitaxial Hf0.5Zr0.5O2 thin films

  • Shu Shi,
  • Haolong Xi,
  • Tengfei Cao,
  • Weinan Lin,
  • Zhongran Liu,
  • Jiangzhen Niu,
  • Da Lan,
  • Chenghang Zhou,
  • Jing Cao,
  • Hanxin Su,
  • Tieyang Zhao,
  • Ping Yang,
  • Yao Zhu,
  • Xiaobing Yan,
  • Evgeny Y. Tsymbal,
  • He Tian,
  • Jingsheng Chen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37560-3
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 14, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Ferroelectric hafnia-based thin films are promising for applications in memories and neuromorphic devices due to their robust ferroelectricity at reduced dimensions. Here, the authors demonstrate stabilization of the metastable orthorhombic phase in Hf0.5 Zr0.5O2 films by interface engineering with a hole doping mechanism.