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Room-temperature stabilizing strongly competing ferrielectric and antiferroelectric phases in PbZrO 3 by strain-mediated phase separation.
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Nature communications [Nat Commun] 2024 Apr 23; Vol. 15 (1), pp. 3438. Date of Electronic Publication: 2024 Apr 23. - Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- PbZrO <subscript>3</subscript> has been broadly considered as a prototypical antiferroelectric material for high-power energy storage. A recent theoretical study suggests that the ground state of PbZrO <subscript>3</subscript> is threefold-modulated ferrielectric, which challenges the generally accepted antiferroelectric configuration. However, such a novel ferrielectric phase was predicted only to be accessible at low temperatures. Here, we successfully achieve the room-temperature construction of the strongly competing ferrielectric and antiferroelectric state by strain-mediated phase separation in PbZrO <subscript>3</subscript> /SrTiO <subscript>3</subscript> thin film. We demonstrate that the phase separation occurs spontaneously in quasi-periodic stripe-like patterns under a compressive misfit strain and can be tailored by varying the film thickness. The ferrielectric phase strikingly exhibitsa threefold modulation period with a nearly up-up-down configuration, which could be stabilized and manipulated by the formation and evolution of interfacial defects under applied strain. The present results construct a fertile ground for further exploring the physical properties and applications based on the novel ferrielectric phase.<br /> (© 2024. The Author(s).)
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2041-1723
- Volume :
- 15
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Nature communications
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 38653960
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-024-47776-6