Nature Communications (Sep 2019)
Mechanical-force-induced non-local collective ferroelastic switching in epitaxial lead-titanate thin films
- Xiaoyan Lu,
- Zuhuang Chen,
- Ye Cao,
- Yunlong Tang,
- Ruijuan Xu,
- Sahar Saremi,
- Zhan Zhang,
- Lu You,
- Yongqi Dong,
- Sujit Das,
- Hangbo Zhang,
- Limei Zheng,
- Huaping Wu,
- Weiming Lv,
- Guoqiang Xie,
- Xingjun Liu,
- Jiangyu Li,
- Lang Chen,
- Long-Qing Chen,
- Wenwu Cao,
- Lane W. Martin
Affiliations
- Xiaoyan Lu
- School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology
- Zuhuang Chen
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology
- Ye Cao
- Departments of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Texas at Arlington
- Yunlong Tang
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
- Ruijuan Xu
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
- Sahar Saremi
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
- Zhan Zhang
- X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
- Lu You
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University
- Yongqi Dong
- X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory
- Sujit Das
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
- Hangbo Zhang
- School of Civil Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology
- Limei Zheng
- Condensed Matter Science and Technology Institute, Harbin Institute of Technology
- Huaping Wu
- Key Laboratory of E&M (Zhejiang University of Technology), Ministry of Education & Zhejiang Province
- Weiming Lv
- Condensed Matter Science and Technology Institute, Harbin Institute of Technology
- Guoqiang Xie
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology
- Xingjun Liu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology
- Jiangyu Li
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Washington
- Lang Chen
- Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology
- Long-Qing Chen
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University
- Wenwu Cao
- Condensed Matter Science and Technology Institute, Harbin Institute of Technology
- Lane W. Martin
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-11825-2
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 10,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 8
Abstract
Clamping effects in ferroelestastic thin films limits their usefulness for applications such as sensitive mechanical sensors. Here, the authors report on non-local mechanical force induced switching in PbTiO3 thin films by tuning the material to a state of nearly energetically degenerate co-existing domains.
