Giant room temperature compression and bending in ferroelectric oxide pillars

Ying Liu; Xiangyuan Cui; Ranming Niu; Shujun Zhang; Xiaozhou Liao; Scott D. Moss; Peter Finkel; Magnus Garbrecht; Simon P. Ringer; Julie M. Cairney

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-27952-2

Nature Communications (Jan 2022)

Giant room temperature compression and bending in ferroelectric oxide pillars

Ying Liu,
Xiangyuan Cui,
Ranming Niu,
Shujun Zhang,
Xiaozhou Liao,
Scott D. Moss,
Peter Finkel,
Magnus Garbrecht,
Simon P. Ringer,
Julie M. Cairney

Affiliations

Ying Liu: School of Aerospace, Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering, The University of Sydney
Xiangyuan Cui: School of Aerospace, Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering, The University of Sydney
Ranming Niu: School of Aerospace, Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering, The University of Sydney
Shujun Zhang: ISEM, Australian Institute of Innovative Materials, University of Wollongong
Xiaozhou Liao: School of Aerospace, Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering, The University of Sydney
Scott D. Moss: Aerospace Division, Defence Science and Technology Group
Peter Finkel: US Naval Research Laboratory
Magnus Garbrecht: Australian Centre for Microscopy and Microanalysis, The University of Sydney
Simon P. Ringer: School of Aerospace, Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering, The University of Sydney
Julie M. Cairney: School of Aerospace, Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering, The University of Sydney

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-27952-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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In materials science, it is a well-accepted fact that metals are generally ductile, and ceramics are always brittle. Here, the authors observe high level of plasticity and excellent elasticity in perovskite oxide under compression and bending with diameter of 2.1 μm.

Published in Nature Communications

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