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Ferroelectric polarization map of a selected region of a 30 nm thin film of croconic acid measured before (top) and after (bottom) local application of a voltage pulse.
Ferroelectric polarization map of a selected region of a 30 nm thin film of croconic acid measured before (top) and after (bottom) local application of a voltage pulse.
Apr 9, 2016
University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Room-Temperature Ferroelectricity in Croconic Acid Films

Axel Enders, Xiaoshan Xu, Alexei Gruverman, Xuanyuan Jiang, Haidong Lu, Yuewei Yin, Xiaozhe Zhang, Zahra Ahmadi, and Paolo Costa (Nebraska MRSEC)

Molecular ferroelectrics have the potential to become viable material alternatives to inorganic ferroelectrics. Unlike traditional oxide ferroelectrics, molecular ferroelectrics are structurally flexible, can be engineered at the molecular level, and can be assembled on nearly any surface, including flexible sheets and fabrics. The application of molecular ferroelectrics hinges, however, on the availability of strategies to fabricate thin films with defined structure and morphology on a large scale, which at the same time preserve their ferroelectric properties.