研究目的
Investigating the effect of epitaxial strain on the domain wall current in BiFeO3 thin films for potential application in random access memory.
研究成果
The wall current in BiFeO3 thin films can be modulated by the terminated polarization charge at the domain boundary, with the polarization enhanced domain wall current enlarging the on/off current ratio up to 103. This is beneficial for reading polarization states in ultrahigh density memory. The electronic transport in the presence of artificially created domain walls obeys the SCLC mechanism, indicating that the domain wall current could be modulated by the enhanced polarization boundary charge.
研究不足
The study focuses on temporarily created 'head to head' domain walls, excluding the effect of charged defect accumulation on the wall current. The reversed domain in the nanogap could not be maintained for a long time due to the existence of depolarization field.