Probing ferroic states in oxide thin films using optical second harmonic generation

J Nordlander, G De Luca, N Strkalj, M Fiebig… - Applied Sciences, 2018 - mdpi.com
Forthcoming low-energy consumption oxide electronics rely on the deterministic control of
ferroelectric and multiferroic domain states at the nanoscale. In this review, we address the …

Enhancement of ferroelectric Curie temperature in BaTiO3 films via strain‐induced defect dipole alignment

AR Damodaran, E Breckenfeld, Z Chen, S Lee… - Advanced …, 2014 - escholarship.org
The combination of epitaxial strain and defect engineering facilitates the tuning of the
transition temperature of BaTiO3 to> 800° C. Advances in thin-film deposition enable the …

Chemical-Pressure-Modulated BaTiO3 Thin Films with Large Spontaneous Polarization and High Curie Temperature

Y Wang, L Zhang, J Wang, Q Li, H Wang… - Journal of the …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Although BaTiO3 is one of the most famous lead-free piezomaterials, it suffers from small
spontaneous and low Curie temperature. Chemical pressure, as a mild way to modulate the …

Design and manipulation of ferroic domains in complex oxide heterostructures

N Strkalj, E Gradauskaite, J Nordlander, M Trassin - Materials, 2019 - mdpi.com
The current burst of device concepts based on nanoscale domain-control in magnetically
and electrically ordered systems motivates us to review the recent development in the …

Nanoscale design of polarization in ultrathin ferroelectric heterostructures

G De Luca, N Strkalj, S Manz, C Bouillet… - Nature …, 2017 - nature.com
The success of oxide electronics depends on the ability to design functional properties such
as ferroelectricity with atomic accuracy. However, despite tremendous advances in …

Depolarizing-field effects in epitaxial capacitor heterostructures

N Strkalj, G De Luca, M Campanini, S Pal, J Schaab… - Physical review …, 2019 - APS
We identify a transient enhancement of the depolarizing field, leading to an unexpected
quench of net polarization, during the growth of a prototypical metal-ferroelectric-metal …

A Highly Strained Phase in PbZr0.2Ti0.8O3 Films with Enhanced Ferroelectric Properties

C Huang, Z Liao, M Li, C Guan, F **, M Ye… - Advanced …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Although epitaxial strain imparted by lattice mismatch between a film and the underlying
substrate has led to distinct structures and emergent functionalities, the discrete lattice …

Tailoring Lattice Strain and Ferroelectric Polarization of Epitaxial BaTiO3 Thin Films on Si(001)

J Lyu, I Fina, R Solanas, J Fontcuberta, F Sánchez - Scientific reports, 2018 - nature.com
Ferroelectric BaTiO3 films with large polarization have been integrated with Si (001) by
pulsed laser deposition. High quality c-oriented epitaxial films are obtained in a substrate …

In situ X-ray diffraction and the evolution of polarization during the growth of ferroelectric superlattices

B Bein, HC Hsing, SJ Callori, J Sinsheimer… - Nature …, 2015 - nature.com
In epitaxially strained ferroelectric thin films and superlattices, the ferroelectric transition
temperature can lie above the growth temperature. Ferroelectric polarization and domains …

Epitaxial BaTiO3 on Si(100) with In-Plane and Out-of-Plane Polarization Using a Single TiN Transition Layer

S Vura, V Jeyaselvan, R Biswas… - ACS Applied …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The integration of BaTiO3 with Si (100) is essential to exploit its ferroelectric capabilities in
the well-established Si-complementary metal–oxide–semiconductor (CMOS) technological …