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Electric field driven phase transition and possible twining quasi-tetragonal phase in compressively strained BiFeO3 thin films

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Highly compressively strained BiFeO3 thin films with different thickness are epitaxially grown on (001) LaAlO3 substrates and characterized using various techniques. The quasi-tetragonal phase with a giant axial ratio of ∼ 1.25 and its thickness-dependent evolution are investigated. An interesting twining structure of the quasi-tetragonal phase is evidenced in thicker films through detailed reciprocal space mapping, which becomes more pronounced with increasing film thickness. Moreover, an interesting electric-field driven phase transition was evidenced in the film with a thickness of 38 nm, in which the quasi-tetragonal and rhombohedral phases are close to each other in energy landscape.

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  1. School of Physics, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430074, China

    Cheng-Liang Lu  (陆成亮)

  2. Laboratory of Solid State Microstructure, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China

    Jun-Ming Liu  (刘俊明)

  3. International Center for Materials Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenyang, 110016, China

    Jun-Ming Liu  (刘俊明)

  4. Division of Physics and Applied Physics, School of Physical and Mathematical Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, 637371, Singapore

    Tao Wu  (吴韬)

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Lu, CL., Liu, JM. & Wu, T. Electric field driven phase transition and possible twining quasi-tetragonal phase in compressively strained BiFeO3 thin films. Front. Phys. 7, 424–428 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11467-011-0241-9

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