MUNDY, J. A.; SCHAAB, Jakob; KUMAGAI, Y.; CANO, Andres; STENGEL, M.; KRUG, I. P.; GOTTLOB, D. M.; DOGANAY, H.; HOLTZ, Megan E.; HELD, R.; YAN, Zewu; BOURRET, Edith; SCHNEIDER, Claus M.; SCHLOM, Darrell G.; MULLER, David A.; RAMESH, Ramamoorthy; SPALDIN, Nicola A.; MEIER, Dennis

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MUNDY, J. A.
School of Applied and Engineering physics [Ithaca] [AEP Cornell]

SCHAAB, Jakob
Department of Materials

KUMAGAI, Y.
Department of Materials

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Nature Materials. 2017, vol. 16, n° 6, p. 622-627

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Ferroelectric domain walls hold great promise as functional two-dimensional materials because of their unusual electronic properties. Particularly intriguing are the so-called charged walls where a polarity mismatch causes local, diverging electrostatic potentials requiring charge compensation and hence a change in the electronic structure. These walls can exhibit significantly enhanced conductivity and serve as a circuit path. The development of all-domain-wall devices, however, also requires walls with controllable output to emulate electronic nano-components such as diodes and transistors. Here we demonstrate electric-field control of the electronic transport at ferroelectric domain walls. We reversibly switch from resistive to conductive behaviour at charged walls in semiconducting ErMnO3. We relate the transition to the formation-and eventual activation-of an inversion layer that acts as the channel for the charge transport. The findings provide new insight into the domain-wall physics in ferroelectrics and foreshadow the possibility to design elementary digital devices for all-domain-wall circuitry.< Réduire

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Functional electronic inversion layers at ferroelectric domain walls.

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