Manipulating topological transformations of polar structures through real-time observation of the dynamic polarization evolution

K. Du; M. Zhang; C. Dai; Z. N. Zhou; Y. W. Xie; Z. H. Ren; H. Tian; L. Q. Chen; Gustaaf Van Tendeloo; Z. Zhang

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-12864-5

Nature Communications (Oct 2019)

Manipulating topological transformations of polar structures through real-time observation of the dynamic polarization evolution

K. Du,
M. Zhang,
C. Dai,
Z. N. Zhou,
Y. W. Xie,
Z. H. Ren,
H. Tian,
L. Q. Chen,
Gustaaf Van Tendeloo,
Z. Zhang

Affiliations

K. Du: Center of Electron Microscopy, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
M. Zhang: Department of Physics, Zhejiang University
C. Dai: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
Z. N. Zhou: Center of Electron Microscopy, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
Y. W. Xie: Department of Physics, Zhejiang University
Z. H. Ren: State Key Laboratory of Silicon Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
H. Tian: Center of Electron Microscopy, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University
L. Q. Chen: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
Gustaaf Van Tendeloo: Electron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT), University of Antwerp
Z. Zhang: Center of Electron Microscopy, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhejiang University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-12864-5
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Direct observation of the dynamic evolution of polar domain structures at atomic level remains challenging. Here, the authors report the observation of real-time topological transformations of polar structures in PbTiO3/SrTiO3 multilayers.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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