在反铁电 PbZrO_{3}中作为初始铁电领域的转换边界
Ying Liu1, Ranming Niu2,3, Andrzej Majchrowski4
1Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2), Campus Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, Bellaterra 08193, Spain.
Physical review letters
|June 9, 2023
概括
研究人员使用先进的显微镜在硫酸 (PbZrO3) 中发现了一种罕见的铁电相. 这种极相,以前理论上,与反铁电状态共存,并在材料内形成条纹域.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 固态物理 固态物理
- 晶体学 晶体学是指结晶学.
背景情况:
- 氧化 (PbZrO3) 是一种正规的抗铁电材料,在这种材料中,反平行电偶极点取消了宏观极化.
- 在PbZrO3歇斯底里循环中观察到的残留极化表明了极相的存在和转移稳定性.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究硫酸中残余偏振的微观起源.
- 在PbZrO3.3的抗铁电矩阵内识别和描述共存的极相.
主要方法:
- 在PbZrO3单晶上使用了异常校正扫描传输电子显微镜 (STEM).
- 使用高分辨率成像技术可视化纳米二极管排列.
主要成果:
- 观察到常见的反铁电相和具有↓↑↓双极模式的铁电相的共存.
- 这种铁电相,预测为0K的基本状态,在室温下作为转换边界出现.
- 这些边界呈现横向运动和聚合,在反铁电矩阵内形成极相的条纹域.
结论:
- 该研究揭示了在室温下PbZrO3中存在铁电相,与反铁电相共存.
- 铁电相以转换边界和条纹域的形式存在,解释了残余极化.
- 铁电相增长的对称性约束被边界动力学克服,导致域形成.
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