Electronic properties of isosymmetric phase boundaries in highly strained Ca-doped BiFeO3

Jan Seidel, Morgan Trassin, Yi Zhang, Peter Maksymovych, Tino Uhlig, Peter Milde, Denny Köhler, Arthur P. Baddorf, Sergei V. Kalinin, Lukas M. Eng, Xiaoqing Pan, Ramamoorthy Ramesh

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Abstract

Anisotropic electronic conductivity is reported for isosymmetric phase boundaries in highly strained bismuth ferrite, which are the (fully epitaxial) connecting regions between two different structural variants of the same material. Strong correlations between nanoscale phase transitions and the local electronic conductivity are found. A high degree of control over their electronic properties can be attained through non-local electrical switching.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)4376-4380
Number of pages5
JournalAdvanced Materials
Volume26
Issue number25
DOIs
StatePublished - Jul 2014

Funding

FundersFunder number
Australian Research CouncilDP140102849, DP140100463, FT110100523
National Research FoundationNRF-2013S1A2A2035418
Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Office of Science

    Keywords

    • complex oxides
    • electronic properties
    • interfaces
    • nanotechnology
    • phase boundaries

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