Polarization reversal and memory effect in anti-ferroelectric materials

Melvin Vopson; Gabi Caruntu; Xiaoli Tan

doi:10.1016/j.scriptamat.2016.10.004

Polarization reversal and memory effect in anti-ferroelectric materials

Melvin Vopson
, Gabi Caruntu
, Xiaoli Tan

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A solid-state memory effect is defined as the ability of a material to store information, and it requires at least two switchable memory states that can be addressed by an externally controlled parameter. In this article we present experimental evidence of a memory effect in anti-ferroelectric Pb_0.99Nb_0.02[(Zr_0.57Sn_0.43)_0.94Ti_0.06]_0.98O₃ polycrystalline ceramic materials. This study indicates that anti-ferroelectrics encode data in their ferroelectric sublattices, resulting in a 4-state memory capable of storing 2 digital bits simultaneously. This result opens up the possibility of realizing non-volatile anti-ferroelectric random access memory, as well as other possible devices and logic applications based on anti-ferroelectric materials.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	61-64
Number of pages	4
Journal	Scripta Materialia
Volume	128
Early online date	13 Oct 2016
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scriptamat.2016.10.004
Publication status	Published - Feb 2017

Keywords

Anti-ferroelectric memory
Antiphase domains
Ferroelectricity
Ferroelectric materials
Electroceramics

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Non-equilibrium polarization dynamics in anti-ferroelectrics
Vopson, M. & Tan, X., 7 Jul 2017, In: Physical Review B. 96, 6 p., 014104.
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4-state anti-ferroelectric random access memory
Vopson, M. & Tan, X., 3 Oct 2016, In: IEEE Electron Device Letters. 37, 12, p. 1551-1554 4 p.
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