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Bent Ferroelectric Domain Walls as Reconfigurable Metallic-Like Channels
2015
Use of ferroelectric domain-walls in future electronics requires that they are stable, rewritable conducting channels. Here we demonstrate nontherrnally activated metallic-like conduction in nominally uncharged, bent, rewritable ferroelectric-ferroelastic domain-walls of the ubiquitous ferroelectric Pb(Zr,Ti)O-3 using scanning force microscopy down to a temperature of 4 K. New walls created at 4 K by pressure exhibit similar robust and intrinsic conductivity. Atomic resolution electron energy-loss spectroscopy confirms the conductivity confinement at the wall. This work provides a new concept in "domain-wall nanoelectronics".
Type
research article
Web of Science ID
WOS:000366339600040
Authors
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Mcgilly, Leo J.
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Wei, Xian-Kui
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Crassous, Arnaud
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Tagantsev, Alexander K.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Published in
Volume
15
Issue
12
Start page
8049
End page
8055
Peer reviewed
REVIEWED
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February 16, 2016
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