Interplay of octahedral tilts and polar order in BiFeO3 films.

Kim, Young-Min; Kumar, Amit; Hatt, Alison; Morozovska, Anna N; Tselev, Alexander; Biegalski, Michael D; Ivanov, Ilya; Eliseev, Eugene A et al. · Adv Mater · 2013

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Heterointerface stabilization of a distinct nonpolar BiFeO3 phase occurs simultaneously with changes in octahedral tilts. The resulting phase arises via suppression of polarization by a structural order parameter and can thus be identified as anti-ferroelectric (Fe displacements - bottom panel). The phase is metastable and can be switched into a polar ferroelectric state (top panel) under an applied electric bias.

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