The size and strain effects on the electric-field-induced domain evolution and hysteresis loop in ferroelectric BaTiO3 nanofilms

Computational Materials Science

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 404-410

  Sang, Yongliang ^a   Liu, Bin ^a,b   Fang, Daining ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Domain switching; Hysteresis loop; Molecular dynamics simulation; Size effect; Strain effect; Stripe domain

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; ELASTICITY; FERROELECTRIC FILMS; FERROELECTRIC THIN FILMS; FERROELECTRICITY; HYSTERESIS LOOPS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NANOFLUIDICS; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; THICK FILMS; THIN FILMS;

DOMAIN SWITCHING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATION; SIZE EFFECT; STRAIN EFFECT; STRIPE DOMAIN;

HYSTERESIS;

EID: 55649097779     PISSN: 09270256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

References (19)

1. Wang Y.G., Zhong W.L., and Zhang P.L. Phys. Rev. B 51 (1995) 5311-5314
2. Bratkovsky A.M., and Levanyuk A.P. Phys. Rev. B 63 (2001) 132103
3. Bratkovsky A.M., and Levanyuk A.P. Phys. Rev. Lett. 84 (2000) 3177-3180
4. Bratkovsky A.M., and Levanyuk A.P. Phys. Rev. Lett. 85 (2000) 4614-4617
5. Scott J.F. Science 315 (2007) 954-958
6. Scott J.F., Kammerdiner L., Parris M., Traynor S., Ottenbacher V., Shawabkeh A., and Oliver W.F. J. Appl. Phys. 64 (1988) 787-792
7. Ducharme S., Fridkin V.M., Bune A.V., Palto S.P., Blinov L.M., Petukhova N.N., and Yudin S.G. Phys. Rev. Lett. 84 (2000) 175-178
8. Choi K.J., et al. Science 306 (2004) 1005-1009
9. Khatib D., Migoni R., Kugel G.E., and Godefroy L. J. Phys: Condens. Matter 1 (1989) 9811-9822
10. Sepliarsky M., Asthagiri A., Phillpot S.R., Stachiotti M.G., and Migoni R.L. Solid State Mater. Sci. 9 (2005) 107-113
11. Cowley R.A. Phys. Rev. 134 (1964) A981-A997
12. Migoni R., Biltz H., and Bauerle D. Phys. Rev. Lett. 37 (1976) 1155-1158
13. Mitchell P.J., and Fincham D. J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 5 (1993) 1031-1038
14. Wolf D., Keblinski P., and Phillpot S.R. J. Chem. Phys. 110 (1999) 8254-8282
15. Drezner Y., and Berger S. Mater. Lett. 59 (2005) 1598-1602
16. Streiffer S.K., Eastman J.A., Fong D.D., Thompson C., Munkholm A., Ramana M.V., Auciello O., Bai G.R., and Stephenson G.B. Phys. Rev. Lett. 89 (2002) 67601
17. Strukov B.A., Davitadze S.T., Taraskin S.A., Goltzman B.M., Shulman S.G., and Lemanov V.V. Ferroelectrics 286 (2003) 245-250
18. Junquera J., and Ghosez P. Nature (London) 422 (2003) 506-509
19. Stachiotti M.G. Appl. Phys. Lett. 84 (2004) 251-253