Ferroelectricity in Pb(Zr$_{0.5}$Ti$_{0.5}$)O$_{3}$ thin films: critical thickness and 180$^\circ$ stripe domains

Details Ferroelectricity in Pb(Zr$_{0.5}$Ti$_{0.5}$)O$_{3}$ thin films: critical thickness and 180$^\circ$ stripe domains Ferroelectricity in Pb(Zr$_{0.5}$Ti$_{0.5}$)O$_{3}$ thin films: critical thickness and 180$^\circ$ stripe domains

2004-07-02

arxiv.org/abs/cond-mat/0407057v1

Physics

Condensed Matter

Materials Science

5 pages, 5 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.70.104108

The ferroelectric properties of disorder Pb(Zr$_{0.5}$Ti$_{0.5}$)O$_{3}$ thin films are investigated with Monte Carlo simulations on the basis of a first-principles-derived Hamitonian. It is found that there exists a critical thickness of about three unit cells ($\sim$12 \AA) below which the ferroelectricity disappears under the condition that the in-plane polarizations are suppressed by sufficient clamping effect. Above the critical thickness, periodic $180^{\circ}$ stripe domains with out-of-plane polarizations are formed in the systems in order to minimize the energy of the depolarizaing field. The stripe period increases with increasing film thickness. The microscopic mechanism responsible for these phenomena is discussed.

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