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Front. Phys.    2012, Vol. 7 Issue (4) : 424-428    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11467-011-0241-9
RESEARCH ARTICLE
Electric field driven phase transition and possible twining quasi-tetragonal phase in compressively strained BiFeO3 thin films
Cheng-Liang Lu(陆成亮)1(), Jun-Ming Liu(刘俊明)2,3(), Tao Wu(吴韬)4
1. School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430074, China; 2. Laboratory of Solid State Microstructure, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, China; 3. International Center for Materials Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang 110016, China; 4. Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637371, Singapore
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Abstract

Highly compressively strained BiFeO3 thin films with different thickness are epitaxially grown on (001) LaAlO3 substrates and characterized using various techniques. The quasi-tetragonal phase with a giant axial ratio of ~1.25 and its thickness-dependent evolution are investigated. An interesting twining structure of the quasi-tetragonal phase is evidenced in thicker films through detailed reciprocal space mapping, which becomes more pronounced with increasing film thickness. Moreover, an interesting electric-field driven phase transition was evidenced in the film with a thickness of 38 nm, in which the quasi-tetragonal and rhombohedral phases are close to each other in energy landscape.

Keywords ferroelectricity      antiferromagnetic      phase transition     
Corresponding Author(s): Cheng-Liang Lu(陆成亮),Email:cllu@mail.hust.edu.cn; Jun-Ming Liu(刘俊明),Email:liujm@nju.edu.cn   
Issue Date: 01 August 2012
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Cheng-Liang Lu(陆成亮),Jun-Ming Liu(刘俊明),Tao Wu(吴韬). Electric field driven phase transition and possible twining quasi-tetragonal phase in compressively strained BiFeO3 thin films[J]. Front. Phys. , 2012, 7(4): 424-428.
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