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Field enhancement of electronic conductance at ferroelectric domain walls.


ABSTRACT: Ferroelectric domain walls have continued to attract widespread attention due to both the novelty of the phenomena observed and the ability to reliably pattern them in nanoscale dimensions. However, the conductivity mechanisms remain in debate, particularly around nominally uncharged walls. Here, we posit a conduction mechanism relying on field-modification effect from polarization re-orientation and the structure of the reverse-domain nucleus. Through conductive atomic force microscopy measurements on an ultra-thin (001) BiFeO3 thin film, in combination with phase-field simulations, we show that the field-induced twisted domain nucleus formed at domain walls results in local-field enhancement around the region of the atomic force microscope tip. In conjunction with slight barrier lowering, these two effects are sufficient to explain the observed emission current distribution. These results suggest that different electronic properties at domain walls are not necessary to observe localized enhancement in domain wall currents.

SUBMITTER: Vasudevan RK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5673066 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Field enhancement of electronic conductance at ferroelectric domain walls.

Vasudevan Rama K RK   Cao Ye Y   Laanait Nouamane N   Ievlev Anton A   Li Linglong L   Yang Jan-Chi JC   Chu Ying-Hao YH   Chen Long-Qing LQ   Kalinin Sergei V SV   Maksymovych Petro P  

Nature communications 20171106 1


Ferroelectric domain walls have continued to attract widespread attention due to both the novelty of the phenomena observed and the ability to reliably pattern them in nanoscale dimensions. However, the conductivity mechanisms remain in debate, particularly around nominally uncharged walls. Here, we posit a conduction mechanism relying on field-modification effect from polarization re-orientation and the structure of the reverse-domain nucleus. Through conductive atomic force microscopy measurem  ...[more]

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