論文

査読有り
2016年10月

Polar Superhelices in Ferroelectric Chiral Nanosprings

SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
  • Takahiro Shimada
  • ,
  • Le Van Lich
  • ,
  • Koyo Nagano
  • ,
  • Jian-Shan Wang
  • ,
  • Jie Wang
  • ,
  • Takayuki Kitamura

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開始ページ
35199
終了ページ
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1038/srep35199
出版者・発行元
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP

Topological objects of nontrivial spin or dipolar field textures, such as skyrmions, merons, and vortices, interacting with applied external fields in ferroic materials are of great scientific interest as an intriguing playground of unique physical phenomena and novel technological paradigms. The quest for new topological configurations of such swirling field textures has primarily been done for magnets with Dzyaloshinskii-Moriya interactions, while the absence of such intrinsic chiral interactions among electric dipoles left ferroelectrics aside in this quest. Here, we demonstrate that a helical polarization coiled into another helix, namely a polar superhelix, can be extrinsically stabilized in ferroelectric nanosprings. The interplay between dipolar interactions confined in the chiral geometry and the complex strain field of mixed bending and twisting induces the superhelical configuration of electric polarization. The geometrical structure of the polar superhelix gives rise to electric chiralities at two different length scales and the coexistence of three order parameters, i.e., polarization, toroidization, and hypertoroidization, both of which can be manipulated by homogeneous electric and/or mechanical fields. Our work therefore provides a new geometrical configuration of swirling dipolar fields, which offers the possibility of multiple order-parameters, and electromechanically controllable dipolar chiralities and associated electro-optical responses.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/srep35199
Web of Science
https://gateway.webofknowledge.com/gateway/Gateway.cgi?GWVersion=2&SrcAuth=JSTA_CEL&SrcApp=J_Gate_JST&DestLinkType=FullRecord&KeyUT=WOS:000384940400001&DestApp=WOS_CPL
URL
http://repository.kulib.kyoto-u.ac.jp/dspace/handle/2433/216974
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1038/srep35199
  • ISSN : 2045-2322
  • Web of Science ID : WOS:000384940400001

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