Flexible strained membranes of multiferroic TbMnO3

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Main Authors: Shi, H., Ringe, F., Wang, D., Moran, O., Nayak, K., Jaiswal, A. K., Tacon, M. Le, Fuchs, D.
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author Shi, H.
Ringe, F.
Wang, D.
Moran, O.
Nayak, K.
Jaiswal, A. K.
Tacon, M. Le
Fuchs, D.
author_facet Shi, H.
Ringe, F.
Wang, D.
Moran, O.
Nayak, K.
Jaiswal, A. K.
Tacon, M. Le
Fuchs, D.
contents The multiferroic properties of TbMnO3 demonstrate high versatility under applied pressure, making the material potentially suitable for use in flexible electronics. Here, we report on the preparation of elastic freestanding TbMnO3 membranes with dominant (001) or (010) crystallographic out-of-plane orientation. Membranes with thickness of 20 nm display orthorhombic bulk-like relaxed lattice parameters with strong suppression of twinning for the (010) oriented membranes. Strain in flexible membranes was tuned by using a commercial strain cell device and characterized by Raman spectroscopy. The B1g out-of-phase oxygen-stretching mode, representative for the Mn-O bond distance, systematically shifts to lower energy with increasing strain (epsilon{max} ~ 0.5 %). The flexibility and elastic properties of the membranes allow for specific manipulation of the multiferroic state by strain, whereas the choice of the crystallographic orientation gives possibility for an in- or out-of-plane electric polarization.
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spellingShingle Flexible strained membranes of multiferroic TbMnO3
Shi, H.
Ringe, F.
Wang, D.
Moran, O.
Nayak, K.
Jaiswal, A. K.
Tacon, M. Le
Fuchs, D.
Materials Science
The multiferroic properties of TbMnO3 demonstrate high versatility under applied pressure, making the material potentially suitable for use in flexible electronics. Here, we report on the preparation of elastic freestanding TbMnO3 membranes with dominant (001) or (010) crystallographic out-of-plane orientation. Membranes with thickness of 20 nm display orthorhombic bulk-like relaxed lattice parameters with strong suppression of twinning for the (010) oriented membranes. Strain in flexible membranes was tuned by using a commercial strain cell device and characterized by Raman spectroscopy. The B1g out-of-phase oxygen-stretching mode, representative for the Mn-O bond distance, systematically shifts to lower energy with increasing strain (epsilon{max} ~ 0.5 %). The flexibility and elastic properties of the membranes allow for specific manipulation of the multiferroic state by strain, whereas the choice of the crystallographic orientation gives possibility for an in- or out-of-plane electric polarization.
title Flexible strained membranes of multiferroic TbMnO3
topic Materials Science
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.16921