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  • Materials Science
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Solid State Chemistry

Background:

  • Antiferroelectric (AFE) materials possess significant potential for advanced applications.
  • Deterministic control over AFE domains is a critical challenge hindering their widespread use.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To demonstrate selective control over different variants of antiferroelectric domains.
  • To establish a general strain-based strategy for manipulating AFE domains.

Main Methods:

  • Utilizing La-doped BiFeO3 (LBFO) as a model system.
  • Investigating the correlation between orthorhombic structure and strain effects.
  • Employing substrates with varying lattice parameters to induce tensile and compressive strain.

Main Results:

  • Tensile strain promotes a single AFE domain state with in-plane order.
  • Compressive strain stabilizes a two-domain state with out-of-plane inclined AFE order.
  • Intermediate lattice substrates lead to the coexistence of multiple AFE domain variants.

Conclusions:

  • Strain engineering provides a viable pathway to manipulate AFE domains.
  • This approach offers fundamental insights into AFE domain behavior.
  • The findings pave the way for enhanced performance in AFE-based functional devices.