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Study on ferroelectric behaviors and ferroelectric nanodomains of YMnO3 thin film

Zhang Run-Lan Xing Hui Chen Chang-Le Duan Meng-Meng Luo Bing-Cheng Jin Ke-Xin

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Study on ferroelectric behaviors and ferroelectric nanodomains of YMnO3 thin film

Zhang Run-Lan, Xing Hui, Chen Chang-Le, Duan Meng-Meng, Luo Bing-Cheng, Jin Ke-Xin
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  • Hexagonal YMnO3 is a special kind of multiferroics which shows unique advantages in magneto-electric field due to its low permittivity and only c-axis polarization. However, its ferroelectric properties, especially domain structures, have not been intensively investigated. In this study, YMnO3 film about 270 nm in thickness is prepared on Si(100) substrate by sol-gel spin coating. Structure and morphology of the film are characterized by grazing incidence X-ray diffraction and atomic force microscopy. Domain structure and its reversal behavior on a nanoscale are examined by piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM). The leakage current and ferroelectric property are also investigated. The results show that the film displays a hexagonal perovskite structure with good crystallinity and has smooth surface with a root-mean-square roughness of 7.209 nm. PFM images and typical local piezoresponse loops reveal the good piezoelectric and ferroelectric properties of the YMnO3 film at room temperature. Meanwhile, the offsets of amplitude loop and phase loop are observed due to the internal electric field. Leakage current density of YMnO3 film is lower than 10-6 A·cm-2, so saturated hysteresis loop can be obtained.
    • Funds: Project supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 61078057, 51202195, 511172183), Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China (Grant No. 20126102110045), NPU Foundation for Fundamental Research, China (Grant Nos. JC201271, JC20120246).
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    Zhang Y, Deng C Y, Ma J, Lin Y H, Nan C W 2008 Chin. Phys. B 17 3910

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    Chen Q, Zhong C G, Yuan G Q, Dong Z C, Fang J H 2013 Acta Phys. Sin. 62 127502(in Chinese)[陈强, 仲崇贵, 袁国秋, 董正超, 方靖淮 2013 物理学报 62 127502]

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    [10]

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    [12]

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    [20]

    Zeng H R, Yu H F, Tang X G, Chu R Q, Li G R, Yin Q R 2005 Mater. Sci. Eng. B 120 104

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    Jungk T, Hoffmann A, Fiebig M, Soergel E 2010 Appl. Phys. Lett. 97 012904

    [22]

    Li J, Yang H X, Tian H F, Ma C, Zhang S, Zhao Y G, Li J Q 2012 Appl. Phys. Lett. 100 152903

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    Zhong W L, Wang Y X, Wang C L 2001 Ferroelectrics 262 11

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    Gruverman A, Rodriguez B J, Nemanich R J, Kingon A I 2002 J. Appl. Phys. 92 2734

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  • Received Date:  22 April 2014
  • Accepted Date:  27 May 2014
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