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Title
Direct observation of ferroelectric domain walls in : wall-meanders, kinks, and local electric charges
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Abstract
Direct observations of the ferroelectric domain boundaries in LiNbO3 are performed using high-resolution high-angle annular dark field scanning transmission electron microscopy imaging, revealing a very narrow width of the domain wall between the 180° domains. The domain walls demonstrate local side-way meandering, which results in inclinations even when the overall wall orientation follows the ferroelectric polarization. These local meanders contain kinks with head-to-head and tail-to-tail dipolar configurations and are therefore locally charged. The charged meanders are confined to a few cation layers along the polarization direction and are separated by longer stretches of straight domain walls.
Language
English
Source (journal)
Advanced functional materials. - Weinheim
Publication
Weinheim : 2016
ISSN
1616-301X
DOI
10.1002/ADFM.201603489
Volume/pages
26 :42 (2016) , p. 7599-7604
ISI
000388166700006
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UAntwerpen
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Last edited 09.10.2023
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