Defect-related room-temperature ferroelectricity in tensile-strained SrTiO3 thin films on GdScO3 (110) substrates

Yong Su Kim, J. S. Choi, J. Kim, S. J. Moon, B. H. Park, J. Yu, J. H. Kwon, M. Kim, J. S. Chung, T. W. Noh, J. G. Yoon

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Abstract

We investigate room-temperature (RT) ferroelectricity in tensile-strained SrTiO3 (STO) thin films grown on GdScO3 (110) substrates. To separate the strain and the defect dipole effect, we apply an electric field to measure the polarization in the direction perpendicular to the elongation axis, and the RT ferroelectric polarization is found to be perpendicular to that axis. These results clearly demonstrate the importance of the contribution of defect dipoles to the RT ferroelectricity observed in STO thin films.

Original languageEnglish
Article number242907
JournalApplied Physics Letters
Volume97
Issue number24
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 13 2010
Externally publishedYes

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