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Control of Self-Polarization in Doped Single Crystalline Pb(Zr0.5Ti0.5)O-3 Thin Films

We report the control of self-polarization of monocrystalline Lead Zirconate Titanate thin films grown by Pulsed laser deposition by doping and bottom interface. Doped and undoped films grown on ScO2 terminated surface of polar PSO substrate have developed ...

2022

Theoretical estimation of the linear electro-optic effect in compressively strained c-domain (Ba, Sr)TiO3 thin films using a phenomenological thermodynamic model

Nava Setter, Alexander Tagantsev

The influence of compressive strain on the linear electro-optic (EO) effect in c-domain (BaxSr1-x)TiO3 (BST) thin films was theoretically investigated using a phenomenological thermodynamic model. We considered that the c-domain BST thin films were grown o ...

CERAMIC SOC JAPAN-NIPPON SERAMIKKUSU KYOKAI2019

Flexible polarization rotation at the ferroelectric/metal interface as a seed for domain nucleation

Nava Setter, Ludwig Feigl, Xiankui Wei

2018

Piezoelectric softening by Nb substitution in (Ba,Pb)ZrO

Dragan Damjanovic, Nava Setter, Nicola Marzari, Alberto Biancoli, David Bahati

Donor doping is commonly applied for softening of the piezoelectric and dielectric properties and facilitation of polarization switching in the ubiquitous Pb(Zr,Ti)O-3 [PZT] ceramics. The origin of the donor-dopant effects is not entirely clear. (Pb,Ba)ZrO ...

Wiley-Blackwell2017

Nanoscale Defect Engineering and the Resulting Effects on Domain Wall Dynamics in Ferroelectric Thin Films

Nava Setter, Dragan Damjanovic, Silviu Cosmin Sandu, Ludwig Feigl

Defect engineering is one of the cornerstones of the modern electronics industry. Almost all electronic devices include materials that have been doped by ion bombardment. For materials where crystallinity is essential, such as ferroelectrics, defect type a ...

Wiley-Blackwell2017

Domain nucleation behavior in ferroelectric films with thin and ultrathin top electrodes versus insulating top layers

Nava Setter, Ludwig Feigl

The effect of varying the thickness of Pt top electrodes made by the electron beam induced deposition technique on the domain nucleation characteristics of Pb(Zr,Ti)O-3 films has been investigated by piezoresponse force microscopy. The advantage of this ex ...

Elsevier Science Sa2017

Dynamics of ferroelectric 180 degrees domain walls at engineered pinning centers

Nava Setter

The interaction between domain walls and pinning centers in ferroelectrics is of great interest from both fundamental and practical points of view. In this work, we show that, counter to intuition, the apparent velocity of domain walls can increase as the ...

Amer Inst Physics2017

Static negative capacitance of a ferroelectric nano-domain nucleus

Nava Setter, Tomas Sluka, Pavel Mokry

Miniaturization of conventional field effect transistors (FETs) approaches the fundamental limits beyond which opening and closing the transistor channel require higher gate voltage swing and cause higher power dissipation and heating. This problem could b ...

Amer Inst Physics2017

Charge screening strategy for domain pattern control in nano-scale ferroelectric systems

Nava Setter, Tomas Sluka

Strain engineering is a widespread strategy used to enhance performance of devices based on semiconductor thin films. In ferroelectrics strain engineering is used to control the domain pattern: When an epitaxial film is biaxially compressed, e.g. due to la ...

Nature Research2017

The variation of PbTiO3 bandgap at ferroelectric phase transition

Nava Setter

Optical properties of the PbTiO3 thin films fabricated by chemical solution deposition have been measured with variable angle spectroscopic ellipsometry in the spectral range of 1-6 eV and in the temperature interval from room temperature to 950 K. The opt ...

Iop Publishing Ltd2016