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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS
Volume 104, Issue 17, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.4874835
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- European Research Council under the EU [268058 Mobile-W]
- Swiss National Science Foundation [200020_140539]
- Swiss Federal Office of Education and Science [COST 0904 Action]
- Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) [200020_140539] Funding Source: Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF)
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Ordered patterns of highly compliant ferroelastic domains have been created by use of tensile strained epitaxial Pb(Zr, Ti)O-3 thin films, of very low defect density, grown on DyScO3 substrates. The effect of 180 degrees switching on well-ordered a/c 90 degrees domain patterns is investigated by a combination of transmission electron microscopy, piezoelectric force microscopy, and X-ray diffraction. It is shown that ferroelastic a-domains, having an in-plane polarization, can be created and completely removed on a local level by an out-of-plane electric field. The modifications of the ferroelastic domain pattern can be controlled by varying the parameters used during switching with a piezoresponse force microscope to produce the desired arrangement. (C) 2014 AIP Publishing LLC.
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