DOI: 10.1063/1.4887068. Strain induced vortex-to-uniform polarization transitions in soft-ferroelectric nanoparticles

Strain induced vortex-to-uniform polarization transitions in soft-ferroelectric nanoparticles

10.1063/1.4887068

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Abstract

Domain structures of ferroelectric polarization in patterned nanostructures depend sensitively on an interplay between their geometry and crystallographic anisotropy. In the recently predicted layered perovskite PbSr2Ti2O7 [S. M. Nakhmanson and I. Naumov, Phys. Rev. Lett. 104, 097601 (2010)], the in-plane anisotropy can be controlled by strain to be along in-plane [110]-directions or to vanish, in which case the polarization is free to rotate in the perovskite-layer. Using a microscopic Landau-Ginzburg-Devonshire free energy functional theory, we demonstrate that the domain structure in patterned disks of PbSr2Ti2O7 can be varied between uniform polarization and a vortex structure, analogous to vortices in soft magnetic disks. This opens up the possibility of designing nanostructured layered materials whose dielectric response can be manipulated with small elastic distortions.

Authors 3

Byounghak Lee (first)
Serge M. Nakhmanson (additional)
Olle Heinonen (additional)

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8. US Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory
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