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Polar Chirality in BiFeO 3 Emerging from A Peculiar Domain Wall Sequence

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Topological states are currently gathering intensive investigation in condensed matter physics due to their potential as configurable electronic devices for the future era coined "topotronics". Beyond numerous breakthroughs in magnetism over the last decade, a new paradigm is emerging with the proposal of topologically-protected objects in ferroelectric materials. Recently, ferroelectric skyrmions and vortices were observed in PbTiO3/SrTiO3 superlattices, opening the path towards ultra-small topological objects with low-power electric-field control. Here we report the observation of chiral polar windings in a single epitaxial thin film, triggered by its self-organized stripe domain pattern arrangement. Combining resonant elastic X-ray scattering and scanning transmission electron microscopy, we show signatures of polar chirality in epitaxial BiFeO3 thin films corroborated with a complex ferroelectric domain wall structure. The net chirality suggests that domain walls induce a polar rotation through a small path alternating with an unexpected long path at every second domain wall. In addition, scanning probe microscopy reveals singularities associated to this peculiar domain wall structure. These results bring new insights into the unexpected complexity of standard striped-domain BiFeO3 thin films and open questions as for the driving force of this polar chirality.
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hal-03698069 , version 1 (17-06-2022)

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Stéphane Fusil, Jean‐yves Chauleau, Xiaoyan Li, Johanna Fischer, Pauline Dufour, et al.. Polar Chirality in BiFeO 3 Emerging from A Peculiar Domain Wall Sequence. Advanced Electronic Materials, 2022, 8 (6), pp.2101155. ⟨10.1002/aelm.202101155⟩. ⟨hal-03698069⟩
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