Giant linear strain gradient with extremely low elastic energy in a perovskite nanostructure array

Y. L. Tang; Y. L. Zhu; Y. Liu; Y. J. Wang; X. L. Ma

doi:10.1038/ncomms15994

Nature Communications (Jun 2017)

Giant linear strain gradient with extremely low elastic energy in a perovskite nanostructure array

Y. L. Tang,
Y. L. Zhu,
Y. Liu,
Y. J. Wang,
X. L. Ma

Affiliations

Y. L. Tang: Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Y. L. Zhu: Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Y. Liu: Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Y. J. Wang: Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences
X. L. Ma: Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms15994
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Inherent elastic strains are useful to tune the physical properties of functional materials but it is difficult to build. Here, Tanget al. report a fabrication of inhomogeneous strains with a linear gradient as giant as 106 per meter in a BiFeO3 nanostructure array grown on a LaAlO3substrate.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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