Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2010-12-24
Journal of Physics: Condensed Matter 23, 2011, 035901
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
Scientific paper
We impose uniform electric fields both parallel and normal to 180^o ferroelectric domain walls in PbTiO_3 and obtain the equilibrium structures using the method of anharmonic lattice statics. In addition to Ti-centered and Pb-centered perfect domain walls, we also consider Ti-centered domain walls with oxygen vacancies. We observe that electric field can increase the thickness of the domain wall considerably. We also observe that increasing the magnitude of electric field we reach a critical electric field E^c; for E > E^c there is no local equilibrium configuration. Therefore, E^c can be considered as an estimate of the threshold field E_h for domain wall motion. Our numerical results show that Oxygen vacancies decrease the value of E^c. As the defective domain walls are thicker than perfect walls, this result is in agreement with the recent experimental observations and continuum calculations that show thicker domain walls have lower threshold fields.
Angoshtari Arzhang
Yavari Arash
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