Kinetic control of tunable multi-state switching in ferroelectric thin films

R. Xu; S. Liu; S. Saremi; R. Gao; J. J. Wang; Z. Hong; H. Lu; A. Ghosh; S. Pandya; E. Bonturim; Z. H. Chen; L. Q. Chen; A. M. Rappe; L. W. Martin

doi:10.1038/s41467-019-09207-9

Nature Communications (Mar 2019)

Kinetic control of tunable multi-state switching in ferroelectric thin films

R. Xu,
S. Liu,
S. Saremi,
R. Gao,
J. J. Wang,
Z. Hong,
H. Lu,
A. Ghosh,
S. Pandya,
E. Bonturim,
Z. H. Chen,
L. Q. Chen,
A. M. Rappe,
L. W. Martin

Affiliations

R. Xu: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
S. Liu: Extreme Materials Initiative, Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution for Science
S. Saremi: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
R. Gao: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
J. J. Wang: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
Z. Hong: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
H. Lu: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
A. Ghosh: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
S. Pandya: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
E. Bonturim: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
Z. H. Chen: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California
L. Q. Chen: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University
A. M. Rappe: Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania
L. W. Martin: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-09207-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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The use of ferroeletric materials for multi-state device applications is still challenging. Here, the authors present a mechanism to stabilize non-volatile polarization states by populating volume fractions of two domain structures in PbZr0.2Ti0.8O3 via kinetic control of switching pathways.

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