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Controlled Charging of Ferroelastic Domain Walls in Oxide Ferroelectrics

Wei, Xian-Kui
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Sluka, Tomas  
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Fraygola, Barbara  
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2017
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Conductive domain walls (DWs) in ferroic oxides as device elements are a highly attractive research topic because of their robust and agile response to electric field. Charged DWs possessing metallic-type conductivity hold the highest promises in this aspect. However, their intricate creation, low stability, and interference with nonconductive DWs hinder their investigation and the progress toward future applications. Here, we find that conversion of the nominally neutral ferroelastic 90 degrees DWs into partially charged DWs in Pb(Zr0.1Ti0.9)O-3 thin films enables easy and robust control over the DW conductivity. By employing transmission electron microscopy, conductive atomic force microscopy and phase-field simulation, our study reveals that charging of the ferroelastic DWs is controlled by mutually coupled DW bending, type of doping, polarization orientation and work function of the adjacent electrodes. Particularly, the doping outweighs other parameters in controlling the DW conductivity. Understanding the interplay of these key parameters not only allows us to control and optimize conductivity of such ferroelastic DWs in the oxide ferroelectrics but also paves the way for utilization of DW-based nanoelectronic devices in the future.

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DOI
10.1021/acsami.6b13821
Web of Science ID

WOS:000394829800096

Author(s)
Wei, Xian-Kui
Sluka, Tomas  
Fraygola, Barbara  
Feigl, Ludwig  
Du, Hongchu
Jin, Lei
Jia, Chun -Lin
Settert, Nava
Date Issued

2017

Publisher

Amer Chemical Soc

Published in
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Volume

9

Issue

7

Start page

6539

End page

6546

Subjects

tunable charging

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ferroelastic domain wall bending

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domain wall conduction

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doping

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PZT

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REVIEWED

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EPFL

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May 1, 2017
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