Flexoelectric Effect in the Reversal of Self‐Polarization and Associated Changes in the Electronic Functional Properties of BiFeO3 Thin Films
- 30 July 2013
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Advanced Materials
- Vol. 25 (39), 5643-5649
- https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.201301601
Abstract
Flexoelectricity can play an important role in the reversal of the self-polarization direction in epitaxial BiFeO3 thin films. The flexoelectric and interfacial effects compete with each other to determine the self-polarization state. In Region I, the self-polarization is downward because the interfacial effect is more dominant than the flexoelectric effect. In Region II, the self-polarization is upward, because the flexoelectric effect becomes more dominant than the interfacial effect.Keywords
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