Strain-induced room-temperature ferroelectricity in SrTiO3 membranes

Ruijuan Xu; Jiawei Huang; Edward S. Barnard; Seung Sae Hong; Prastuti Singh; Ed K. Wong; Thies Jansen; Varun Harbola; Jun Xiao; Bai Yang Wang; Sam Crossley; Di Lu; Shi Liu; Harold Y. Hwang

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-16912-3

Nature Communications (Jun 2020)

Strain-induced room-temperature ferroelectricity in SrTiO3 membranes

Ruijuan Xu,
Jiawei Huang,
Edward S. Barnard,
Seung Sae Hong,
Prastuti Singh,
Ed K. Wong,
Thies Jansen,
Varun Harbola,
Jun Xiao,
Bai Yang Wang,
Sam Crossley,
Di Lu,
Shi Liu,
Harold Y. Hwang

Affiliations

Ruijuan Xu: Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University
Jiawei Huang: School of Science, Westlake University
Edward S. Barnard: The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Seung Sae Hong: Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University
Prastuti Singh: Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University
Ed K. Wong: The Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Thies Jansen: Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University
Varun Harbola: Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Jun Xiao: Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Bai Yang Wang: Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Sam Crossley: Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University
Di Lu: Department of Physics, Stanford University
Shi Liu: School of Science, Westlake University
Harold Y. Hwang: Department of Applied Physics, Stanford University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16912-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Previous approach lacks the ability to produce large and continuously tunable strain states due to the limited number of available substrates. Here, the authors demonstrate strain-induced ferroelectricity in SrTiO3 membranes by laminating freestanding SrTiO3 films onto a stretchable polymer.

Published in Nature Communications

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