Dislocation-tuned ferroelectricity and ferromagnetism of the BiFeO3/SrRuO3 interface

Misfit dislocations at a heteroepitaxial interface produce huge strain and, thus, have a significant impact on the properties of the interface. Here, we use scanning transmission electron microscopy to demonstrate a quantitative unit-cell-by-unit-cell mapping of the lattice parameters and octahedral rotations around misfit dislocations at the BiFeO3/SrRuO3 interface. We find that huge strain field is achieved near dislocations, i.e., above 5% within the first three unit cells of the core, which is typically larger than that achieved from the regular epitaxy thin-film approach, thus significantly altering the magnitude and direction of the local ferroelectric dipole in BiFeO3 and magnetic moments in SrRuO3 near the interface. The strain field and, thus, the structural distortion can be further tuned by the dislocation type. Our atomic-scale study helps us to understand the effects of dislocations in this ferroelectricity/ferromagnetism heterostructure. Such defect engineering allows us to tune the local ferroelectric and ferromagnetic order parameters and the interface electromagnetic coupling, providing new opportunities to design nanosized electronic and spintronic devices.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:120

Enthalten in:

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 120(2023), 13 vom: 28. März, Seite e2213650120

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Xiaomei [VerfasserIn]
Han, Bo [VerfasserIn]
Zhu, Ruixue [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Ruochen [VerfasserIn]
Wu, Mei [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Yuanwei [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yuehui [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Bingyao [VerfasserIn]
Wang, Lifen [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Jingmin [VerfasserIn]
Tan, Congbing [VerfasserIn]
Gao, Peng [VerfasserIn]
Bai, Xuedong [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Atomic resolution
Defect
Ferroelectric
Journal Article
Magnetic moments
Misfit dislocations

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 21.03.2023

Date Revised 21.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1073/pnas.2213650120

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM354456970