| dc.contributor.author |
Ng, Nathaniel. |
| dc.contributor.author |
Ahluwalia, Rajeev. |
| dc.contributor.author |
Su, Haibin. |
| dc.contributor.author |
Boey, Freddy Yin Chiang. |
| dc.date.accessioned |
2011-07-11T03:24:30Z |
| dc.date.available |
2011-07-11T03:24:30Z |
| dc.date.copyright |
2008 |
| dc.date.issued |
2011-07-11 |
| dc.identifier.citation |
Ng, N., Ahluwalia, R., Su, H., & Boey, F. (2009). Lateral size and thickness dependence in ferroelectric nanostructures formed by localized domain switching. Acta Materialia, 57(7), 2047-2054. |
| dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/6877 |
| dc.description.abstract |
Ferroelectric nanostructures can be formed by local switching of domains using techniques such as
piezo-force microscopy (PFM). Understanding the dependence of the switching behavior on the
lateral size of the electrode is important to determine the minimum feature size for writing
ferroelectric nanostructures. To understand these lateral size effects, we use the time-dependent
Ginzburg–Landau equations in a two-dimensional square to rectangle ferroelectric transition to
simulate localized switching of domains for PFM-type and parallel-plate capacitor configurations.
Our investigations indicate that fringing electric fields lead to switching via intermediate 90°
domains even in the absence of substrate or clamping effects for films of sufficient thicknesses, and
via 180° rotations at smaller thicknesses. The voltage required to switch the domain increases by
decreasing the lateral size, and at very small lateral sizes the coercive voltage becomes so large that it
becomes virtually impossible to switch the domain. |
| dc.format.extent |
26 p. |
| dc.language.iso |
en |
| dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Acta materialia |
| dc.rights |
© 2008 Acta Materialia Inc. This is the author created version of a work that has been peer reviewed and accepted for publication by Acta Materialia, Elsevier, on behalf of Acta Materialia Inc. It incorporates referee’s comments but changes resulting from the publishing process, such as copyediting, structural formatting, may not be reflected in this document. The published version is available at: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2008.10.022. |
| dc.subject |
DRNTU::Engineering::Materials::Magnetic materials. |
| dc.title |
Lateral size and thickness dependence in ferroelectric nanostructures formed by localized domain switching. |
| dc.type |
Journal Article |
| dc.contributor.school |
School of Materials Science and Engineering |
| dc.identifier.doi |
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2008.10.022 |
| dc.description.version |
Accepted version |
