Coherent X-ray diffraction imaging of photo-induced structural changes in BiFeO3 nanocrystals
Coherent X-ray diffraction imaging of photo-induced structural changes in BiFeO3 nanocrystals
Multiferroic materials that exhibit coupling between ferroelectric and magnetic properties are of considerable utility for technological applications and are also interesting from a fundamental standpoint. When reduced to the nanoscale, multiferroic materials often display additional functionality that is dominated by interfacial and confinement effects. Bismuth ferrite (BiFeO3) is one such material with room temperature anti-ferromagnetic and ferroelectric ordering. Optical excitation of BiFeO3 crystals results in an elastic structural deformation of the lattice with a fast response on the pico-second time scale. Here we report on dynamic measurements to investigate the structural properties of BiFeO3 nanoscale crystals using laser excitation and three-dimensional Bragg coherent x-ray diffraction imaging. Tensile strain beyond 8 × 10-2 was observed predominantly at the surface of the nanoscale crystal as evidenced in the reconstructed phase information and was correlated to photo-induced lattice deformation.
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Newton, Marcus
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Parsons, Aaron
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Wagner, Ulrich
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Rau, Christopher
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2 September 2016
Newton, Marcus
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Parsons, Aaron
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Wagner, Ulrich
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Rau, Christopher
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Newton, Marcus, Parsons, Aaron, Wagner, Ulrich and Rau, Christopher
(2016)
Coherent X-ray diffraction imaging of photo-induced structural changes in BiFeO3 nanocrystals.
New Journal of Physics, 18 (93003), .
(doi:10.1088/1367-2630/18/9/093003).
Abstract
Multiferroic materials that exhibit coupling between ferroelectric and magnetic properties are of considerable utility for technological applications and are also interesting from a fundamental standpoint. When reduced to the nanoscale, multiferroic materials often display additional functionality that is dominated by interfacial and confinement effects. Bismuth ferrite (BiFeO3) is one such material with room temperature anti-ferromagnetic and ferroelectric ordering. Optical excitation of BiFeO3 crystals results in an elastic structural deformation of the lattice with a fast response on the pico-second time scale. Here we report on dynamic measurements to investigate the structural properties of BiFeO3 nanoscale crystals using laser excitation and three-dimensional Bragg coherent x-ray diffraction imaging. Tensile strain beyond 8 × 10-2 was observed predominantly at the surface of the nanoscale crystal as evidenced in the reconstructed phase information and was correlated to photo-induced lattice deformation.
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Accepted/In Press date: 28 July 2016
e-pub ahead of print date: 2 September 2016
Published date: 2 September 2016
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