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A Fabrication and Measurement Method for a Flexible Ferroelectric Element Based on Van Der Waals Heteroepitaxy
Published on: April 8, 2018
Flexoelectric control of defect formation in ferroelectric epitaxial thin films
Daesu Lee1, Byung Chul Jeon, Aram Yoon
1Center for Correlated Electron Systems, Institute for Basic Science (IBS), Seoul, 151-747, Korea; Department of Physics and Astronomy, Seoul National University, Seoul, 151-747, Korea.
Abstract:
Flexoelectric control of defect formation and associated electronic function is demonstrated in ferroelectric BiFeO3 thin films. An intriguing, so far never demonstrated, effect of internal electric field (Eint ) on defect formation is explored by a means of flexoelectricity. Our study provides novel insight into defect engineering, as well as allows a pathway to design defect configuration and associated electronic function.
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