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ArticleNature communications2023

The emergence of three-dimensional chiral domain walls in polar vortices.

Sandhya Susarla, Shanglin Hsu, Fernando Gómez-Ortiz, Pablo García-Fernández, Benjamin H Savitzky, Sujit Das, Piush Behera, Javier Junquera, Peter Ercius, Ramamoorthy Ramesh and 1 more

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  1. Periodic polar vortices in BaTiONature communications · 2026
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  4. Ferroelectric Order Evolution in Freestanding PbTiOAdvanced science (Weinheim, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany) · 2024
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11 authors.

Sandhya Susarla *National Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, 94720, CA, USA. sandhya.susarla@asu.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1773-0993
Shanglin Hsu *National Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, 94720, CA, USA.
Fernando Gómez-OrtizDepartmento de Ciencias de la Tierra y Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad de Cantabria, Cantabria Campus Internacional Santander, Santander, 39005, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7203-8476
Pablo García-FernándezDepartmento de Ciencias de la Tierra y Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad de Cantabria, Cantabria Campus Internacional Santander, Santander, 39005, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4901-0811
Benjamin H SavitzkyNational Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, 94720, CA, USA.
Sujit DasMaterials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, 560012, Karnataka, India.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9823-0207
Piush BeheraDepartment of Materials Science & Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 94720, CA, USA.
Javier JunqueraDepartmento de Ciencias de la Tierra y Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad de Cantabria, Cantabria Campus Internacional Santander, Santander, 39005, Spain.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9957-8982
Peter ErciusNational Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, 94720, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6762-9976
Ramamoorthy RameshNational Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, 94720, CA, USA. ramamoorthy.ramesh@rice.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0524-1332
Colin OphusNational Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, 94720, CA, USA. cophus@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2348-8558

Funding

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) KC2202
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Chirality or handedness of a material can be used as an order parameter to uncover the emergent electronic properties for quantum information science. Conventionally, chirality is found in naturally occurring biomolecules and magnetic materials. Chirality can be engineered in a topological polar vortex ferroelectric/dielectric system via atomic-scale symmetry-breaking operations. We use four-dimensional scanning transmission electron microscopy (4D-STEM) to map out the topology-driven three-dimensional domain walls, where the handedness of two neighbor topological domains change or remain the same. The nature of the domain walls is governed by the interplay of the local perpendicular (lateral) and parallel (axial) polarization with respect to the tubular vortex structures. Unique symmetry-breaking operations and the finite nature of domain walls result in a triple point formation at the junction of chiral and achiral domain walls. The unconventional nature of the domain walls with triple point pairs may result in unique electrostatic and magnetic properties potentially useful for quantum sensing applications.

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