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Anisotropic, meandering domain microstructure in the improper ferroelectric CsNbW2O9

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Date
19/10/2020
Author
McCartan, Shane J.
Turner, Patrick W.
McNulty, Jason Allan
Maguire, Jesi R.
McCluskey, Conor J.
Morrison, Finlay D.
Gregg, J. Marty
MacLaren, Ian
Funder
EPSRC
Grant ID
EP/P024637/1
Keywords
QD Chemistry
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Abstract
The improper ferroelectric CsNbW2O9 has recently been highlighted as the first material outside the manganite family to exhibit a similar meandering, six-fold domain structure to that responsible for enhanced and diminished conduction at charged domain walls in the rare earth manganites. While there is no current evidence for variation in domain wall conduction relative to bulk in CsNbW2O9, the similarities in microstructure strongly suggest that charged domain walls are present in this material. Herein, we report a comprehensive study of the domain microstructure of CsNbW2O9 using both piezoresponse force microscopy and transmission electron microscopy to reveal that there are, in fact, clear distinctions in the domain structure of the two systems. Constraints arising from the crystal structure of CsNbW2O9, namely, the connectivity of the BO6 polyhedra and atomic displacements occurring purely along the c axis, mean that domain walls preferentially run parallel to the c direction (the polar axis of the material) and thus remain uncharged. The characteristic cloverleaf domain structure reminiscent of the manganites is still present, however, the structure meanders predominantly in the ab plane and, therefore, appears differently depending on the projection direction from which it is viewed. As a result of this microstructural constraint, charged domain walls are not prevalent in this material.
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McCartan , S J , Turner , P W , McNulty , J A , Maguire , J R , McCluskey , C J , Morrison , F D , Gregg , J M & MacLaren , I 2020 , ' Anisotropic, meandering domain microstructure in the improper ferroelectric CsNbW 2 O 9 ' , APL Materials , vol. 8 , no. 10 , 101108 . https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0026040
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APL Materials
Status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0026040
ISSN
2166-532X
Type
Journal article
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Copyright © 2020 Author(s). All article content, except where otherwise noted, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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S.J.M acknowledges the EPSRC-funded CDT in Photonic Integration and Advanced Data Storage (EP/L015323/1) for his PhD studentship under which the work at the University of Glasgow was carried out. The work carried out at Queen’s University Belfast and the University of St Andrews was carried out as part of an EPSRC-funded collaboration (EP/P02453X/1 and EP/P024637/1).
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http://hdl.handle.net/10023/20844

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