Abstract:The origin of ferroelectricity and antiferroelectricity in zirconia (ZrO2) ultrathin films has become a topic of great interest in recent years. The normal ferroelectricity in ZrO2 is widely considered to originate from the high-pressure noncentrosymmetric Pca21 orthorhombic (o) phase. While the antiferroelectric-like behavior is regarded as the result of a phase transition from the centrosymmetric and paraelectric P42/nmc tetragonal (t) phase to the ferroelectric o-phase under electrical loading. This study r… Show more
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