Charged Domain Wall and Polar Vortex Topologies in a Room-Temperature Magnetoelectric Multiferroic Thin Film
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Abstract
Multiferroic topologies are an emerging solution for future low-power magnetic nanoelectronics due to their combined tuneable functionality and mobility. Here, we show that in addition to being magnetoelectric multiferroic at room temperature, thin-film Aurivillius phase Bi6TixFeyMnzO18 is an ideal material platform for both domain wall and vortex topology-based nanoelectronic devices. Utilizing atomic-resolution electron microscopy, we reveal the presence and structure of 180°-type charged head-to-head and tail-to-tail domain walls passing throughout the thin film. Theoretical calculations confirm the subunit cell cation site preference and charged domain wall energetics for Bi6TixFeyMnzO18. Finally, we show that polar vortex-type topologies also form at out-of-phase boundaries of stacking faults when internal strain and electrostatic energy gradients are altered. This study could pave the way for controlled polar vortex topology formation via strain engineering in other multiferroic thin films. Moreover, these results confirm that the subunit cell topological features play an important role in controlling the charge and spin state of Aurivillius phase films and other multiferroic heterostructures.
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OpenAlex topics: Multiferroics and related materials · Ferroelectric and Piezoelectric Materials · Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
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Affiliations
Department of Physics, Bernal Institute, School of Natural Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick V94 T9PX, Ireland
Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
Advanced Microscopy Laboratory & AMBER, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin D02 PN40, Ireland
Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork, Cork T12 R5CP, Ireland
School of Chemistry, Trinity College Dublin, Dublin D02 PN40, Ireland
Department of Materials, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
London Centre for Nanotechnology, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2AZ, U.K.
Funding
Royal Society · Basic Energy Sciences · Science Foundation Ireland · Office of Science · US-Ireland Research and development Partnership Programme
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