Nature Communications (Jun 2021)

Nanoscale bubble domains with polar topologies in bulk ferroelectrics

  • Jie Yin,
  • Hongxiang Zong,
  • Hong Tao,
  • Xuefei Tao,
  • Haijun Wu,
  • Yang Zhang,
  • Li-Dong Zhao,
  • Xiangdong Ding,
  • Jun Sun,
  • Jianguo Zhu,
  • Jiagang Wu,
  • Stephen J. Pennycook

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23863-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Experimentally manipulating bubble domains remains elusive especially in the bulk form of ferroelectrics. Here, the authors achieve self-confined bubble domains with multiple polar topologies in bulk Bi0.5Na0.5TiO3 ferroelectrics, demonstrating reversible and donut-like domain morphology evolution.