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The size and strain effects on the electric-field-induced domain evolution and hysteresis loop in ferroelectric BaTiO3 nanofilms

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COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS SCIENCE
Volume 44, Issue 2, Pages 404-410

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ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2008.04.001

Keywords

Stripe domain; Domain switching; Hysteresis loop; Molecular dynamics simulation; Size effect; Strain effect

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  1. National Natural Science Foundation of China [10572069, 10121202, 10702034]

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The electric-field-induced evolution of stripe domains in BaTiO3 nano-thin films is studied using molecular dynamics simulation method based on a shell model. The evolution of the 1800 period stripe domains under a changing electric-field perpendicular to the film surface is investigated. It is found that both the thickness and the in-plane strain can influence the polarization distribution pattern and the domain switching process, and therefore affect the shape of hysteresis loop, which may be used to explain the discrepancy among existing experimental studies on the correlation between the thickness and the coercive field. Moreover, this simulation on the atomic-level domain evolution provides the microscopic insight of the domain switching, which can help us better understand the behaviors and properties of the ferroelectric thin films. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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