Interplay of octahedral tilts and polar order in BiFeO3 films

  • Young Min Kim
  • , Amit Kumar
  • , Alison Hatt
  • , Anna N. Morozovska
  • , Alexander Tselev
  • , Michael D. Biegalski
  • , Ilya Ivanov
  • , Eugene A. Eliseev
  • , Stephen J. Pennycook
  • , James M. Rondinelli
  • , Sergei V. Kalinin
  • , Albina Y. Borisevich

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    Abstract

    Heterointerface stabilization of a distinct nonpolar BiFeO3 phase occurs simultaneously with changes in octahedral tilts. The resulting phase arises via suppression of polarization by a structural order parameter and can thus be identified as anti-ferroelectric (Fe displacements - bottom panel). The phase is metastable and can be switched into a polar ferroelectric state (top panel) under an applied electric bias.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)2497-2504
    Number of pages8
    JournalAdvanced Materials
    Volume25
    Issue number17
    DOIs
    StatePublished - May 7 2013

    Keywords

    • BiFeO
    • multiferroics
    • piezoresponse force microscopy
    • scanning transmission electron microscopy
    • transition metal oxides

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