Nanoscale electrostatic control in ferroelectric thin films through lattice chemistry
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| author | Efe, Ipek Vogel, Alexander Huxter, William S. Gradauskaite, Elzbieta Gaponenko, Iaroslav Paruch, Patrycja Degen, Christian L. Rossell, Marta D. Fiebig, Manfred Trassin, Morgan |
| author_facet | Efe, Ipek Vogel, Alexander Huxter, William S. Gradauskaite, Elzbieta Gaponenko, Iaroslav Paruch, Patrycja Degen, Christian L. Rossell, Marta D. Fiebig, Manfred Trassin, Morgan |
| contents | Nanoscale electrostatic control of oxide interfaces enables physical phenomena and exotic functionalities beyond the realm of the bulk material. In technologically-relevant ferroelectric thin films, the interface-mediated polarization control is usually exerted by engineering the depolarizing field. Here, in contrast, we introduce polarizing surfaces and lattice chemistry engineering as an alternative strategy. Specifically, we engineer the electric-dipole ordering in ferroelectric oxide heterostructures by exploiting the charged sheets of the layered Aurivillius model system. By tracking in-situ the formation of the Aurivillius charged Bi$_{2}$O$_{2}$ sheets, we reveal their polarizing effect leading to the characteristic Aurivillius out-of-plane antipolar ordering. Next, we use the polarizing Bi$_{2}$O$_{2}$ stacking as a versatile electrostatic environment to create new electric dipole configurations. We insert multiferroic BiFeO$_3$ into the Aurivillius framework to stabilize a ferrielectric-like non-collinear electric-dipole order in the final heterostructure while maintaining the antiferromagnetic order of BiFeO$_3$. We thus demonstrate that engineering the lattice chemistry stabilizes unconventional ferroic orderings at the nanoscale, a strategy that may be expanded beyond the realm of electrically ordered materials. |
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| spellingShingle | Nanoscale electrostatic control in ferroelectric thin films through lattice chemistry Efe, Ipek Vogel, Alexander Huxter, William S. Gradauskaite, Elzbieta Gaponenko, Iaroslav Paruch, Patrycja Degen, Christian L. Rossell, Marta D. Fiebig, Manfred Trassin, Morgan Materials Science Nanoscale electrostatic control of oxide interfaces enables physical phenomena and exotic functionalities beyond the realm of the bulk material. In technologically-relevant ferroelectric thin films, the interface-mediated polarization control is usually exerted by engineering the depolarizing field. Here, in contrast, we introduce polarizing surfaces and lattice chemistry engineering as an alternative strategy. Specifically, we engineer the electric-dipole ordering in ferroelectric oxide heterostructures by exploiting the charged sheets of the layered Aurivillius model system. By tracking in-situ the formation of the Aurivillius charged Bi$_{2}$O$_{2}$ sheets, we reveal their polarizing effect leading to the characteristic Aurivillius out-of-plane antipolar ordering. Next, we use the polarizing Bi$_{2}$O$_{2}$ stacking as a versatile electrostatic environment to create new electric dipole configurations. We insert multiferroic BiFeO$_3$ into the Aurivillius framework to stabilize a ferrielectric-like non-collinear electric-dipole order in the final heterostructure while maintaining the antiferromagnetic order of BiFeO$_3$. We thus demonstrate that engineering the lattice chemistry stabilizes unconventional ferroic orderings at the nanoscale, a strategy that may be expanded beyond the realm of electrically ordered materials. |
| title | Nanoscale electrostatic control in ferroelectric thin films through lattice chemistry |
| topic | Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.08613 |