Ferroelectric Instability and Dimensionality in Bi-Layered Perovskites and Thin Films
Author(s) -
Akira Onodera,
M. Fukunaga,
Masaki Takesada
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
advances in condensed matter physics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.314
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1687-8124
pISSN - 1687-8108
DOI - 10.1155/2012/714625
Subject(s) - ferroelectricity , materials science , tetragonal crystal system , thin film , dielectric , perovskite (structure) , condensed matter physics , antiferroelectricity , tantalate , phase (matter) , nanotechnology , optoelectronics , crystallography , chemistry , physics , organic chemistry
The dielectric and thermal properties of Bi (bismuth)-layered perovskite SrBi2Ta2O9 (SBT) are discussed in comparison with ferroelectric thin BaTiO3 films. Although these two perovskites exhibit quite a different nature, the dielectric properties of BaTiO3 thin film are similar to those in bulk SBT. The dielectric properties and pseudo-two-dimensional structure between SBT and thin film suggest that the bulk layered ferroelectric SBT is a good model of ultra-thin ferroelectric film with two perovskite layers, free from any misfit lattice strain with substrate and surface charge at the interface with electrodes. Based on the mechanism of ferroelectric phase transition of SBT, it seems plausible that the ferroelectric interaction is still prominent but shows a crossover from ferroelectric to antiferroelectric interaction in perovskite ultra-thin films along the tetragonal axis
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