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自支撑单晶铁电薄膜中铁弹畴的起源

Origin of Ferroelastic Domains in Free-Standing Single Crystal Ferroelectric Films

I. A. Luk'yanchuk, A. Schilling, J. M. Gregg, G. Catalan, J. F. Scott

摘要:

在最近对BaTiO 3的介观和纳米级独立单晶的研究中一致观察到的不寻常的90 μ o铁电/铁弹畴的起源[Schilling等人,Physical Review B,74,024115(2006); Schilling等人,Nano Letters,7,3787(2007)]中描述的。已经开发了一个模型,该模型假设畴的形成是对不经历顺电-铁电、立方-四方相变的表面层引起的弹性应力的响应。这个模型被发现准确地占域周期性的变化作为一个函数的大小,已经观察到的实验。表面层的物理起源可能很容易与图案化损伤,在实验中看到的,然而,当所有的物理损伤的证据是从钛酸钡表面去除热退火,域配置几乎保持不变。这表明一个更内在的起源,如表面张力在小尺寸的重要性增加。表面张力的影响也被证明是成比例的铁电体的表面和内部之间的硬度差。本模型的表面张力诱导的孪生也应该是相关的细晶粒或核-壳结构的陶瓷。

英文摘要:

The origin of the unusual 90^o ferroelectric / ferroelastic domains, consistently observed in recent studies on meso and nanoscale free-standing single crystals of BaTiO3 [Schilling et al., Physical Review B, 74, 024115 (2006); Schilling et al., Nano Letters, 7, 3787 (2007)], has been considered. A model has been developed which postulates that the domains form as a response to elastic stress induced by a surface layer which does not undergo the paraelectric-ferroelectric, cubic-tetragonal phase transition. This model was found to accurately account for the changes in domain periodicity as a function of size that had been observed experimentally. The physical origin of the surface layer might readily be associated with patterning damage, seen in experiment; however, when all evidence of physical damage is removed from the BaTiO3 surfaces by thermal annealing, the domain configuration remains practically unchanged. This suggests a more intrinsic origin, such as the increased importance of surface tension at small dimensions. The effect of surface tension is also shown to be proportional to the difference in hardness between the surface and the interior of the ferroelectric. The present model for surface tension induced twinning should also be relevant for finely grained or core-shell structured ceramics.

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