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Tip-induced domain structures and polarization switching in ferroelectric amino acid glycine
Date Issued
2015
Date Available
2015-11-10T13:18:04Z
Abstract
Bioorganic ferroelectrics and piezoelectrics are becoming increasingly important in view of their intrinsic compatibility with biological environment and biofunctionality combined with strong piezoelectric effect and a switchable polarization at room temperature. Here, we study tip-induced domain structures and polarization switching in the smallest amino acid b-glycine, representing a broad class of non-centrosymmetric amino acids. We show that b-glycine is indeed a roomtemperature ferroelectric and polarization can be switched by applying a bias to non-polar cuts via a conducting tip of atomic force microscope (AFM). Dynamics of these in-plane domains is studied as a function of an applied voltage and pulse duration. The domain shape is dictated by polarization screening at the domain boundaries and mediated by growth defects. Thermodynamic theory is applied to explain the domain propagation induced by the AFM tip. Our findings suggest that the properties of b-glycine are controlled by the charged domain walls which in turn can be manipulated by an external bias.
Sponsorship
European Commission - Seventh Framework Programme (FP7)
Other Sponsorship
Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation
Type of Material
Journal Article
Publisher
American Institute of Physics
Journal
Journal of Applied Physics
Volume
118
Copyright (Published Version)
2015 AIP Publishing LLC
Language
English
Status of Item
Peer reviewed
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