High-Symmetry Polarization Domains in Low-Symmetry Ferroelectrics

I. Lukyanchuk; P. Sharma; T. Nakajima; S. Okamura; J. F. Scott; A. Gruverman

doi:10.1021/nl503070f

High-Symmetry Polarization Domains in Low-Symmetry Ferroelectrics

I. Lukyanchuk^*, P. Sharma, T. Nakajima, S. Okamura, J. F. Scott, A. Gruverman

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Abstract

We present experimental evidence for polygonal domain faceting in the ferroelectric polymer poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) (PVDF-TrFE) films with the lower orthorhombic crystallographic symmetry. It is proposed that this effect can arise from purely electrostatic depolarizing forces. We show that, in contrast to magnetic bubble shape domains, where such type of deformation instability has a predominantly elliptical character, the emergence of more symmetrical circular harmonics is favored in ferroelectrics with high dielectric constants.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	6931-6935
Number of pages	5
Journal	Nano Letters
Volume	14
Issue number	12
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/nl503070f
Publication status	Published - Dec 2014

Keywords

Ferroelectric polymers
domains
faceting
piezoresponse force microscopy
CYLINDRICAL MAGNETIC DOMAINS
LIGHT
PATTERNS
FILMS

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