Ferroelastic switching in a layered-perovskite thin film

Chuanshou Wang; Xiaoxing Ke; Jianjun Wang; Renrong Liang; Zhenlin Luo; Yu Tian; Di Yi; Qintong Zhang; Jing Wang; Xiu-Feng Han; Gustaaf Van Tendeloo; Long-Qing Chen; Ce-Wen Nan; Ramamoorthy Ramesh; Jinxing Zhang

doi:10.1038/ncomms10636

Nature Communications (Feb 2016)

Ferroelastic switching in a layered-perovskite thin film

Chuanshou Wang,
Xiaoxing Ke,
Jianjun Wang,
Renrong Liang,
Zhenlin Luo,
Yu Tian,
Di Yi,
Qintong Zhang,
Jing Wang,
Xiu-Feng Han,
Gustaaf Van Tendeloo,
Long-Qing Chen,
Ce-Wen Nan,
Ramamoorthy Ramesh,
Jinxing Zhang

Affiliations

Chuanshou Wang: Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University
Xiaoxing Ke: EMAT (Electron Microscopy for Materials Science), University of Antwerp
Jianjun Wang: State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University
Renrong Liang: Tsinghua National Laboratory for Information Science and Technology, Institute of Microelectronics, Tsinghua University
Zhenlin Luo: National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory and CAS Key Laboratory of Materials for Energy Conversion, University of Science and Technology of China
Yu Tian: Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University
Di Yi: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
Qintong Zhang: Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science
Jing Wang: Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University
Xiu-Feng Han: Beijing National Laboratory of Condensed Matter Physics, Institute of Physics, Chinese Academy of Science
Gustaaf Van Tendeloo: EMAT (Electron Microscopy for Materials Science), University of Antwerp
Long-Qing Chen: State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University
Ce-Wen Nan: State Key Laboratory of New Ceramics and Fine Processing, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Tsinghua University
Ramamoorthy Ramesh: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
Jinxing Zhang: Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms10636
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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Ferroelastic switching in thin films is typically restricted by constraints from the substrate or occurs around twin-like domains. Here, the authors show reversible and non-volatile ferroelastic switching avoiding substrate constraints in layered-perovskite Bi_2WO_6 epitaxial films.

Published in Nature Communications

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