DOI: 10.1063/1.4875801. Effect of “symmetry mismatch” on the domain structure of rhombohedral BiFeO3 thin films

Effect of “symmetry mismatch” on the domain structure of rhombohedral BiFeO3 thin films

10.1063/1.4875801

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Applied Physics Letters (317)

Abstract

Considerable work has focused on the use of epitaxial strain to engineer domain structures in ferroic materials. Here, we revisit the observed reduction of domain variants in rhombohedral BiFeO3 films on rare-earth scandate substrates. Prior work has attributed the reduction of domain variants to anisotropic in-plane strain, but our findings suggest that the monoclinic distortion of the substrate, resulting from oxygen octahedral rotation, is the driving force for variant selection. We study epitaxial BiFeO3/DyScO3 (110)O heterostructures with and without ultrathin, cubic SrTiO3 buffer layers as a means to isolate the effect of “symmetry mismatch” on the domain formation. Two-variant stripe domains are observed in films grown directly on DyScO3, while four-variant domains are observed in films grown on SrTiO3-buffered DyScO3 when the buffer layer is &gt;2 nm thick. This work provides insights into the role of the substrate—beyond just lattice mismatch—in manipulating and controlling domain structure evolution in materials.

Bibliography

Chen, Z. H., Damodaran, A. R., Xu, R., Lee, S., & Martin, L. W. (2014). Effect of âsymmetry mismatchâ on the domain structure of rhombohedral BiFeO3 thin films. Applied Physics Letters, 104(18).

Authors 5

Z. H. Chen (first)
A. R. Damodaran (additional)
R. Xu (additional)
S. Lee (additional)
L. W. Martin (additional)

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Type	When
Created	11 years, 3 months ago (May 8, 2014, 8:30 p.m.)
Deposited	2 years, 2 months ago (June 17, 2023, 2:25 p.m.)
Indexed	3 weeks, 5 days ago (July 30, 2025, 7:03 a.m.)
Issued	11 years, 3 months ago (May 5, 2014)
Published	11 years, 3 months ago (May 5, 2014)
Published Online	11 years, 3 months ago (May 8, 2014)
Published Print	11 years, 3 months ago (May 5, 2014)

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2. United States Army Research Office
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1. W911NF-10-1-0482

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@article{Chen_2014, title={Effect of “symmetry mismatch” on the domain structure of rhombohedral BiFeO3 thin films}, volume={104}, ISSN={1077-3118}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4875801}, DOI={10.1063/1.4875801}, number={18}, journal={Applied Physics Letters}, publisher={AIP Publishing}, author={Chen, Z. H. and Damodaran, A. R. and Xu, R. and Lee, S. and Martin, L. W.}, year={2014}, month=may }

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