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Negi A, Kim HP, Hua Z, Timofeeva A, Zhang X, Zhu Y, Peters K, Kumah D, Jiang X, Liu J. Ferroelectric Domain Wall Engineering Enables Thermal Modulation in PMN-PT Single Crystals. Adv Mater 2023; 35:e2211286. [PMID: 36796104 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202211286] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2022] [Revised: 02/11/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
Abstract
Acting like thermal resistances, ferroelectric domain walls can be manipulated to realize dynamic modulation of thermal conductivity (k), which is essential for developing novel phononic circuits. Despite the interest, little attention has been paid to achieving room-temperature thermal modulation in bulk materials due to challenges in obtaining a high thermal conductivity switching ratio (khigh /klow ), particularly in commercially viable materials. Here, room-temperature thermal modulation in 2.5 mm-thick Pb(Mg1/3 Nb2/3 )O3 -xPbTiO3 (PMN-xPT) single crystals is demonstrated. With the use of advanced poling conditions, assisted by the systematic study on composition and orientation dependence of PMN-xPT, a range of thermal conductivity switching ratios with a maximum of ≈1.27 is observed. Simultaneous measurements of piezoelectric coefficient (d33 ) to characterize the poling state, domain wall density using polarized light microscopy (PLM), and birefringence change using quantitative PLM reveal that compared to the unpoled state, the domain wall density at intermediate poling states (0< d33 <d33,max ) is lower due to the enlargement in domain size. At optimized poling conditions (d33,max ), the domain sizes show increased inhomogeneity that leads to enhancement in the domain wall density. This work highlights the potential of commercially available PMN-xPT single crystals among other relaxor-ferroelectrics for achieving temperature control in solid-state devices.
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- Ankit Negi
- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Materials Science and Manufacturing department, EES&T, Idaho National laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID, 83401, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, 27695, USA
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Zhang S, Li S, Wei L, Zhang H, Wang X, Liu B, Zhang Y, Zhang R, Qiu C. Wide-Temperature Tunable Phonon Thermal Switch Based on Ferroelectric Domain Walls of Tetragonal KTN Single Crystal. Nanomaterials (Basel) 2023; 13:376. [PMID: 36770336 PMCID: PMC9919584 DOI: 10.3390/nano13030376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2022] [Revised: 01/09/2023] [Accepted: 01/13/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Ferroelectric domain walls (DWs) of perovskite oxide materials, which can be written and erased by an external electric field, offer the possibility to dynamically manipulate phonon scattering and thermal flux behavior. Different from previous ferroelectric materials, such as BaTiO3, PbTiO3, etc., with an immutable and low Curie temperature. The Curie temperature of perovskite oxide KTa1-xNbxO3 (KTN) crystal can be tuned by altering the Ta/Nb ratio. In this work, the ferroelectric KTa0.6Nb0.4O3 (KTN) single crystal is obtained by the Czochralski method. To understand the role of ferroelectric domains in thermal transport behavior, we perform a nonequilibrium molecular dynamics (NEMD) calculation on monodomain and 90° DWs of KTN at room temperature. The calculated thermal conductivity of monodomain KTN is 9.84 W/(m·k), consistent with experimental results of 8.96 W/(m·k), and distinctly decreased with the number of DWs indicating the outstanding performance of the thermal switch. We further evaluate the thermal boundary resistance (TBR) of KTN DWs. An interfacial thermal resistance value of 2.29 × 10-9 K·m2/W and a large thermal switch ratio of 4.76 was obtained for a single DW of KTN. Our study shows that the ferroelectric KTN can provide great potential for the application of thermal switch at room temperature and over a broad temperature range.
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- Shaodong Zhang
- Advanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250014, China
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- Shandong Academy of Sciences Yida Technology Consulting Co., Ltd., Jinan 250014, China
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- Advanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250014, China
- Key Laboratory for Light Conversion Materials and Technology of Shandong Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250014, China
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- Advanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250014, China
- Key Laboratory for Light Conversion Materials and Technology of Shandong Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250014, China
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- Advanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250014, China
- Key Laboratory for Light Conversion Materials and Technology of Shandong Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250014, China
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- Advanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250014, China
- Key Laboratory for Light Conversion Materials and Technology of Shandong Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250014, China
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- Advanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250014, China
- Key Laboratory for Light Conversion Materials and Technology of Shandong Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250014, China
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- Advanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250014, China
- Key Laboratory for Light Conversion Materials and Technology of Shandong Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250014, China
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- Advanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250014, China
- Key Laboratory for Light Conversion Materials and Technology of Shandong Academy of Sciences, Advanced Materials Institute, Qilu University of Technology (Shandong Academy of Sciences), Jinan 250014, China
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Zang Y, Di C, Geng Z, Yan X, Ji D, Zheng N, Jiang X, Fu H, Wang J, Guo W, Sun H, Han L, Zhou Y, Gu Z, Kong D, Aramberri H, Cazorla C, Íñiguez J, Rurali R, Chen L, Zhou J, Wu D, Lu M, Nie Y, Chen Y, Pan X. Giant Thermal Transport Tuning at a Metal/Ferroelectric Interface. Adv Mater 2022; 34:e2105778. [PMID: 34676925 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202105778] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/26/2021] [Revised: 10/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Interfacial thermal transport plays a prominent role in the thermal management of nanoscale objects and is of fundamental importance for basic research and nanodevices. At metal/insulator interfaces, a configuration commonly found in electronic devices, heat transport strongly depends upon the effective energy transfer from thermalized electrons in the metal to the phonons in the insulator. However, the mechanism of interfacial electron-phonon coupling and thermal transport at metal/insulator interfaces is not well understood. Here, the observation of a substantial enhancement of the interfacial thermal resistance and the important role of surface charges at the metal/ferroelectric interface in an Al/BiFeO3 membrane are reported. By applying uniaxial strain, the interfacial thermal resistance can be varied substantially (up to an order of magnitude), which is attributed to the renormalized interfacial electron-phonon coupling caused by the charge redistribution at the interface due to the polarization rotation. These results imply that surface charges at a metal/insulator interface can substantially enhance the interfacial electron-phonon-mediated thermal coupling, providing a new route to optimize the thermal transport performance in next-generation nanodevices, power electronics, and thermal logic devices.
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- Yipeng Zang
- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Science Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Science Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Science Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Science Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Science Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Science Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Science Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Science Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, 16802, USA
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Science Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Science Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Science Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Science Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Science Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Science Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- Materials Research and Technology Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux 5, Esch/Alzette, L-4362, Luxembourg
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- Departament de Física, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, Campus Nord B4-B5, Barcelona, E-08034, Spain
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- Materials Research and Technology Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux 5, Esch/Alzette, L-4362, Luxembourg
- Department of Physics and Materials Science, University of Luxembourg, 41 Rue du Brill, Belvaux, L-4422, Luxembourg
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- Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, ICMAB-CSIC, Campus UAB, Bellaterra, 08193, Spain
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, 16802, USA
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Science Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Science Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Science Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
- Department of Physics, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, 518055, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Science Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Artificial Functional Materials, College of Engineering and Applied Science Collaborative Innovation Center of Advanced Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of California, Irvine, 916 Engineering Tower, Irvine, CA, 92697, USA
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Foley BM, Wallace M, Gaskins JT, Paisley EA, Johnson-Wilke RL, Kim JW, Ryan PJ, Trolier-McKinstry S, Hopkins PE, Ihlefeld JF. Voltage-Controlled Bistable Thermal Conductivity in Suspended Ferroelectric Thin-Film Membranes. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2018; 10:25493-25501. [PMID: 29978704 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.8b04169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Ferroelastic domain walls in ferroelectric materials possess two properties that are known to affect phonon transport: a change in crystallographic orientation and a lattice strain. Changing populations and spacing of nanoscale-spaced ferroelastic domain walls lead to the manipulation of phonon-scattering rates, enabling the control of thermal conduction at ambient temperatures. In the present work, lead zirconate titanate (PZT) thin-film membrane structures were fabricated to reduce mechanical clamping to the substrate and enable a subsequent increase in the ferroelastic domain wall mobility. Under application of an electric field, the thermal conductivity of PZT increases abruptly at ∼100 kV/cm by ∼13% owing to a reduction in the number of phonon-scattering domain walls in the thermal conduction path. The thermal conductivity modulation is rapid, repeatable, and discrete, resulting in a bistable state or a "digital" modulation scheme. The modulation of thermal conductivity due to changes in domain wall configuration is supported by polarization-field, mechanical stiffness, and in situ microdiffraction experiments. This work opens a path toward a new means to control phonons and phonon-mediated energy in a digital manner at room temperature using only an electric field.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Materials Research Institute , The Pennsylvania State University , University Park , Pennsylvania 16802 , United States
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- Sandia National Laboratories , Albuquerque , New Mexico 87185 , United States
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- Advanced Photon Source , Argonne National Laboratory , Lemont , Illinois 60439 , United States
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- Advanced Photon Source , Argonne National Laboratory , Lemont , Illinois 60439 , United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering and Materials Research Institute , The Pennsylvania State University , University Park , Pennsylvania 16802 , United States
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- Sandia National Laboratories , Albuquerque , New Mexico 87185 , United States
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