Hybrid MBE Route to Adsorption-Controlled Growth of BaTiO<sub>3</sub> Membranes with Robust Polarization Switching.
basic_science · Level V
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Abstract
Freestanding ferroelectric membranes are promising for flexible electronics, nonvolatile memory, photonics, and spintronics, but their synthesis is challenged by the need for reproducibility with precise stoichiometric control. Here, we demonstrate the adsorption-controlled growth of single-crystalline, epitaxial BaTiO<sub>3</sub> films by hybrid molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) on a binary oxide sacrificial layer. Using a simple water-droplet lift-off method, we obtained submillimeter- to millimeter-sized membranes that retained crystallinity, as confirmed by high-resolution X-ray diffraction, and exhibited robust tetragonal symmetry, as verified by Raman spectroscopy. Impedance spectroscopy confirmed a high dielectric constant of ∼1340, reflecting the robust dielectric response of the membranes. Ferroelectric functionality was revealed by piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) and further verified by polarization-electric field (P-E) loop measurements with Positive-Up-Negative-Down (PUND). The P-E loops exhibited a remnant polarization of ∼5 μC cm<sup>-2</sup> and a coercive field of ∼63 kV cm<sup>-1</sup>. These results were interpreted in relation to <i>c</i>- and <i>a</i>-domain configurations.