Journal of Crystal Growth, Vol.375, 53-56, 2013
Room temperature ferroelectricity of YCrO3 thin films on Rh single crystals
We investigated the multiferroic properties of YCrO3 thin films grown by pulsed laser deposition on single crystal Rh substrates. The YCrO3 thin films exhibited room temperature ferroelectricity with a remanent polarization of about 9 mu C/cm(2) as well as weak ferromagnetism below 150 K. The piezoelectric force microscopy study revealed that the YCrO3 thin films have a larger domain structure than those of the PbTiO3 thin films although the YCrO3 thin films have a slightly lower domain wall energy. The large domain structures of the YCrO3 thin films are due to the significantly lower ferroelectric polarizations compared to PbTiO3 thin films. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Keywords:Multiferroic thin film;Polycrystalline YCrO3 thin films;Piezoresponse force miscoscopy;Ferroelectric domain structure