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Domain walls of ferroelectric BaTiO3 within the Ginzburg-Landau-Devonshire phenomenological model
Mechanically compatible and electrically neutral domain walls in tetragonal,
orthorhombic and rhombohedral ferroelectric phases of BaTiO3 are systematically
investigated in the framework of the phenomenological
Ginzburg-Landau-Devonshire (GLD) model with parameters of Ref. [Hlinka and
Marton, Phys. Rev. 74, 104104 (2006)]. Polarization and strain profiles within
domain walls are calculated numerically and within an approximation leading to
the quasi-one-dimensional analytic solutions applied previously to the
ferroelectric walls of the tetragonal phase [W. Cao and L.E. Cross, Phys. Rev.
44, 5 (1991)]. Domain wall thicknesses and energy densities are estimated for
all mechanically compatible and electrically neutral domain wall species in the
entire temperature range of ferroelectric phases. The model suggests that the
lowest energy walls in the orthorhombic phase of BaTiO3 are the 90-degree and
60-degree walls. In the rhombohedral phase, the lowest energy walls are the
71-degree and 109-degree walls. All these ferroelastic walls have thickness
below 1 nm except for the 90-degree wall in the tetragonal phase and the
60-degree S-wall in the orthorhombic phase, for which the larger thickness of
the order of 5 nm was found. The antiparallel walls of the rhombohedral phase
have largest energy and thus they are unlikely to occur. The calculation
indicates that the lowest energy structure of the 109-degree wall and few other
domain walls in the orthorhombic and rhombohedral phases resemble Bloch-like
walls known from magnetism.Comment: 12 pages, 9 figure
Size effects in the thin films of order - disorder ferroelectrics subject to the depolarization field
The films of order-disorder type ferroelectrics were considered in the mean
field approximation taking into account depolarization field. It was shown that
size effects in this system could be described on the base of bulk system
equation of state with Curie temperature dependent on the film thickness. The
critical size hc and critical temperature Tc of phase transition from
ferroelectric to paraelectric phase was calculated allowing for the
depolarization field contribution. The comparison of the polarization
dependence on the film thickness, temperature and electric field for the films
of order-disorder and displacement type ferroelectrics is performed. In
particular it was shown that all the dipoles become ordered at T=0
independently on the film thickness for h>hc contrary to the displacement type
ferroelectrics. Critical thickness appeared larger and polarization
distribution sharper for the displacement type ferroelectrics than for
order-disorder type ferroelectrics.Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures, 1 tabl
Comment on ``Elastic Stabilization of a Single-Domain Ferroelectric State in Nanoscale Capacitors and Tunnel Junctions" [N.A. Pertsev and H. Kohlstedt, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98, 257603 (2007).]
In a recent Letter [N.A. Pertsev and H. Kohlstedt, Phys. Rev. Lett. 98,
257603 (2007)] the authors claim that "even nanoscale capacitors and tunnel
junctions may have out of plane polarization sufficient for memory
applications." Here we show in an elementary way that this conclusion is not
substantiated by their calculations and that they should have come to the
opposite conclusion within their approximations.Comment: 2 pages, no figure
Biological Evaluation of 3-Aminoisoquinolin-1(2H)-one Derivatives as Potential Anticancer Agents
Anticancer activity of a series of 3-(hetaryl/aryl)amino substituted isoquinolin-1(2H)-ones has been studied within the international scientific program “NCI-60 Human Tumor Cell Lines Screen”. Screening was performed in vitro on 60 cell lines of lungs, kidneys, CNS, ovaries, prostate, and breast cancer, epithelial cancer, leukemia, and melanoma. The most effective compounds were those with thiazolyl or pyrazolyl substituent at 3-amino group and had no substituents at C(4) of the isoquinoline cycle. We identified a new lead compound, 3-(1,3-thiazol-2-ylamino)isoquinolin-1(2H)-one 12, which effectively prevents tumor cell growth (average lg GI50 = -5.18, lg TGI = -4.1, lg LC50 > -4.0) with good selectivity
Magnetic Moment Softening and Domain Wall Resistance in Ni Nanowires
Magnetic moments in atomic scale domain walls formed in nanoconstrictions and
nanowires are softened which affects dramatically the domain wall resistance.
We perform ab initio calculations of the electronic structure and conductance
of atomic-size Ni nanowires with domain walls only a few atomic lattice
constants wide. We show that the hybridization between noncollinear spin states
leads to a reduction of the magnetic moments in the domain wall. This magnetic
moment softening strongly enhances the domain wall resistance due to scattering
produced by the local perturbation of the electronic potential.Comment: 4 pages, 5 figure
Time-resolved Visualization of Laser Beam Melting of Silica Glass Powder
AbstractSilica glass is an inorganic dielectric material that can be used for laser beam melting without cracking. However, the extremely high viscosity makes consolidation of powder very slow. To study the dynamics of consolidation, a 10.6μm laser beam was directed on the powder layer deposited on the solid substrate of the same material. The laser-interaction zone was lighted with green laser and filmed with a high-speed camera at 6000 fps. The process develops steadily. Neither fluctuation nor droplets are observed. An expanding consolidation zone is observed. Viscous merging of softened powder particles is supposed to be the principal mechanism of consolidation. Mathematical model based on this mechanism confirms formation of the consolidated zone in the center. Both the experiment and the model indicate that consolidation looks like propagation of a sharp front. Comparison of the experiments and the calculations estimates the consolidation front temperature of about 1800-1900K
Correlation Between Structure And C-Afm Contrast Of 180-Degree Domain Walls In Rhombohedral Bati03
Using Landau-Ginzburg-Devonshire theory we describe 180-degree domain wall
structure, intrinsic energy and carrier accumulation in rhombohedral phase of
BaTiO3 as a function of the wall orientation and flexoelectric coupling
strength. Two types of domain wall structures (phases of the wall) exist
depending on the wall orientation. The low-energy 'achiral' phase occurs in the
vicinity of the {110} wall orientation and has odd polarization profile
invariant with respect to inversion about the wall center. The second 'chiral'
phase occurs around {211} wall orientations and corresponds to mixed parity
domain walls that may be of left-handed or right-handed chirality. The
transformation between the phases is abrupt, accompanied with 20-30% change of
the domain wall thickness and can happen at fixed wall orientation with
temperature change. We suggest that the phase transition may be detected
through domain wall thickness change or by c-AFM. The structure of the domain
wall is correlated to its conductivity through polarization component normal to
the domain wall, which causes free carriers accumulation. Depending on the
temperature and flexoelectric coupling strength relative conductivity of the
wall becomes at least one order of magnitude higher than in the single-domain
region, creating c-AFM contrast enhancement pronounced and detectable.Comment: 31 pages, 10 figures, Supplementary material
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