TY  - JOUR
AV  - public
A1  - Hadjimichael, M
A1  - Li, Y
A1  - Zatterin, E
A1  - Chahine, GA
A1  - Conroy, M
A1  - Moore, K
A1  - Connell, ENO
A1  - Ondrejkovic, P
A1  - Marton, P
A1  - Hlinka, J
A1  - Bangert, U
A1  - Leake, S
A1  - Zubko, P
N2  - Simultaneous manipulation of multiple boundary conditions in nanoscale heterostructures offers a versatile route to stabilizing unusual structures and emergent phases. Here, we show that a stable supercrystal phase comprising a three-dimensional ordering of nanoscale domains with tailored periodicities can be engineered in PbTiO3?SrRuO3 ferroelectric?metal superlattices. A combination of laboratory and synchrotron X-ray diffraction, piezoresponse force microscopy, scanning transmission electron microscopy and phase-field simulations reveals a complex hierarchical domain structure that forms to minimize the elastic and electrostatic energy. Large local deformations of the ferroelectric lattice are accommodated by periodic lattice modulations of the metallic SrRuO3 layers with curvatures up to 107?m?1. Our results show that multidomain ferroelectric systems can be exploited as versatile templates to induce large curvatures in correlated materials, and present a route for engineering correlated materials with modulated structural and electronic properties that can be controlled using electric fields.
KW  - Ferroelectrics and multiferroics; Surfaces
KW  -  interfaces and thin films
SP  - 495
EP  - 502
JF  - Nature Materials
VL  - 20
ID  - discovery10119345
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-020-00864-6
Y1  - 2021/04//
TI  - Metal?ferroelectric supercrystals with periodically curved metallic layers
N1  - This version is the author accepted manuscript. For information on re-use, please refer to the publisher?s terms and conditions.
ER  -