Absorption of 90° domain walls to oxygen vacancies investigated through internal friction technique

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Published 31 August 2005 2005 EDP Sciences
, , Citation W. Li et al 2005 EPL 72 131 DOI 10.1209/epl/i2005-10193-0

0295-5075/72/1/131

Abstract

We found that 90° domain walls are absorptive to oxygen vacancies and the absorbing degree was related with the morphology of 90° domain walls: curved 90° domain walls are more absorptive to oxygen vacancies compared with straight 90° domain walls. Therefore, in ferroelectric materials with curved 90° domain walls, the density of oxygen vacancies diffusing to and subsequently pinning the 180° domain walls is greatly suppressed, resulting in their excellent fatigue resistance.

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