Atomic mechanism of polarization-controlled surface reconstruction in ferroelectric thin films

Miniature of electronic devices is attractive yet challenging due to structural variation at nanoscale. Here, Gao et al. report atomic imaging of reconstruction and unusual domain walls on Pb(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3surfaces, providing possibilities to engineer nanoscale structural change.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Peng Gao, Heng-Jui Liu, Yen-Lin Huang, Ying-Hao Chu, Ryo Ishikawa, Bin Feng, Ying Jiang, Naoya Shibata, En-Ge Wang, Yuichi Ikuhara
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-04-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11318