Scaling of the coercive field in ferroelectrics at the nanoscale
R. Gaynutdinov, M. Minnekaev+, S. Mitko*, A. Tolstikhina, A. Zenkevich+×, S. Ducharme°, V. Fridkin
Shubnikov Institute of Crystallography of the RAS, 119333 Moscow, Russia
+Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, 115409 Moscow, Russia
*NT-MDT Co., 124482 Moscow, Russia
×National Research Centre "Kurchatov Institute", 123098 Moscow, Russia
°Department of Physics and Astronomy and Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, NE68588-0299, USA
Abstract
The scaling of the coercive field in ferroelectric films at the nanoscale
is investigated experimentally. The scaling in the films of copolymer
vinylidene fluoride and BaTiO3 with thickness equal by the order of value
to the critical domain nucleus size 1-10 nm reveals deviation from the well
known Kay and Dunn low. At this thickness region coercive field does not
depend on thickness and coincides with Landau-Ginzburg-Devonshire value.