New strain states and radical property tuning of metal oxides using a nanocomposite thin film approach

Autor: Judith MacManus-Driscoll, Ady Suwardi, Ahmed Kursumovic, Zhenxing Bi, Chen-Fong Tsai, Haiyan Wang, Quanxi Jia, Oon Jew Lee
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2015
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Zdroj: APL Materials, Vol 3, Iss 6, Pp 062507-062507-9 (2015)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2166-532X
DOI: 10.1063/1.4919059
Popis: Auxetic-like strain states were generated in self-assembled nanocomposite thin films of (Ba0.6Sr0.4TiO3)1−x − (Sm2O3)x(BSTO − SmO). A switch from auxetic-like to elastic-like strain behavior was observed for x > 0.50, when the SmO switched from being nanopillars in the BSTO matrix to being the matrix with BSTO nanopillars embedded in it. A simple model was adopted to explain how in-plane strain varies with x. At high x (0.75), strongly enhanced ferroelectric properties were obtained compared to pure BSTO films. The nanocomposite method represents a powerful new way to tune the properties of a wide range of strongly correlated metal oxides whose properties are very sensitive to strain.
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