A modified Landau-Devonshire phenomenological thermodynamic theory is used to describe the influence of in-plane anisotropic strains on the dielectric and pyroelectric properties of epitaxial thin films grown on dissimilar tetragonal substrates. The in-plane anisotropic strain factor-temperature phase diagram is developed. The in-plane anisotropic strains play a crucial role in the dielectric and pyroelectric properties of BST thin films. The theoretical maximum dielectric tunability approaching 100% can be attained at the critical anisotropic strain factor corresponding to the structural phase transformation from to phase. Moreover, the anisotropic strain factor has an opposite effect on the figure of merit and pyroelectric coefficient, respectively. Furthermore, in the case of isotropic strains, our theoretical results are well consistent with the experimental results.
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January 11 2007
Impact of in-plane anisotropic strains on the dielectric and pyroelectric properties of thin films
Hai-Xia Cao;
Hai-Xia Cao
a)
Department of Applied Physics,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
, Hong Kong, China and Department of Physics, Suzhou University
, Suzhou 215006, China
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Veng Cheong Lo;
Veng Cheong Lo
Department of Applied Physics,
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
, Hong Kong, China
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Zhen-Ya Li
Zhen-Ya Li
CCAST (World Laboratory)
, P.O. Box 8730, Beijing 100080, China and Department of Physics, Suzhou University
, Suzhou 215006, China
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Electronic mail: hxcao@suda.edu.cn
J. Appl. Phys. 101, 014113 (2007)
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Received:
July 18 2006
Accepted:
October 29 2006
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Hai-Xia Cao, Veng Cheong Lo, Zhen-Ya Li; Impact of in-plane anisotropic strains on the dielectric and pyroelectric properties of thin films. J. Appl. Phys. 1 January 2007; 101 (1): 014113. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2407272
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