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Inverting polar domains via electrical pulsing in metallic germanium telluride

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  • Pavan Nukala

    (University of Pennsylvania)

  • Mingliang Ren

    (University of Pennsylvania)

  • Rahul Agarwal

    (University of Pennsylvania)

  • Jacob Berger

    (University of Pennsylvania)

  • Gerui Liu

    (University of Pennsylvania)

  • A. T. Charlie Johnson

    (University of Pennsylvania
    University of Pennsylvania)

  • Ritesh Agarwal

    (University of Pennsylvania)

Abstract

Germanium telluride (GeTe) is both polar and metallic, an unusual combination of properties in any material system. The large concentration of free-carriers in GeTe precludes the coupling of external electric field with internal polarization, rendering it ineffective for conventional ferroelectric applications and polarization switching. Here we investigate alternate ways of coupling the polar domains in GeTe to external electrical stimuli through optical second harmonic generation polarimetry and in situ TEM electrical testing on single-crystalline GeTe nanowires. We show that anti-phase boundaries, created from current pulses (heat shocks), invert the polarization of selective domains resulting in reorganization of certain 71o domain boundaries into 109o boundaries. These boundaries subsequently interact and evolve with the partial dislocations, which migrate from domain to domain with the carrier-wind force (electrical current). This work suggests that current pulses and carrier-wind force could be external stimuli for domain engineering in ferroelectrics with significant current leakage.

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  • Pavan Nukala & Mingliang Ren & Rahul Agarwal & Jacob Berger & Gerui Liu & A. T. Charlie Johnson & Ritesh Agarwal, 2017. "Inverting polar domains via electrical pulsing in metallic germanium telluride," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 8(1), pages 1-9, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:8:y:2017:i:1:d:10.1038_ncomms15033
    DOI: 10.1038/ncomms15033
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    1. Utku Emre Ali & Gaurav Modi & Ritesh Agarwal & Harish Bhaskaran, 2022. "Real-time nanomechanical property modulation as a framework for tunable NEMS," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 13(1), pages 1-8, December.

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