Injection and controlled motion of conducting domain walls in improper ferroelectric Cu-Cl boracite

Nature Communications
Raymond G P McQuaidJ Marty Gregg

Abstract

Ferroelectric domain walls constitute a completely new class of sheet-like functional material. Moreover, since domain walls are generally writable, erasable and mobile, they could be useful in functionally agile devices: for example, creating and moving conducting walls could make or break electrical connections in new forms of reconfigurable nanocircuitry. However, significant challenges exist: site-specific injection and annihilation of planar walls, which show robust conductivity, has not been easy to achieve. Here, we report the observation, mechanical writing and controlled movement of charged conducting domain walls in the improper-ferroelectric Cu3B7O13Cl. Walls are straight, tens of microns long and exist as a consequence of elastic compatibility conditions between specific domain pairs. We show that site-specific injection of conducting walls of up to hundreds of microns in length can be achieved through locally applied point-stress and, once created, that they can be moved and repositioned using applied electric fields.

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Apr 12, 2019·Nature Communications·Alexei GruvermanDennis Meier
Sep 13, 2019·Materials·Pankaj SharmaJan Seidel
Apr 11, 2020·Nature Communications·Andreja BencanTadej Rojac
Jul 21, 2020·Advanced Functional Materials·James P V McConvilleJ Marty Gregg
Sep 12, 2018·Nature Nanotechnology·Jakob SchaabDennis Meier
Oct 8, 2019·Advanced Materials·Haidong LuAlexei Gruverman
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Jun 27, 2021·Nature Communications·S GharaI Kézsmárki
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BETA
atomic force microscopy
PFM
AFM
transmission electron microscopy
light microscopy

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