Guangming Lu, Kimura Hideo, Xiangdong Ding, Zhijun Xu, R. Chu, G. Nataf, E. Salje
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Abstract
In thin samples, such as membranes, kinks inside ferroelastic domain walls interact through “dipolar” interactions following a 1/d 2 decay, where d is the distance between the walls. Simultaneously, the samples relax by bending. Bending is not possible in thick samples or can be suppressed in thin films deposited on a rigid substrate. In these cases, wall-wall interactions decay as 1/d , as monopoles would do. In free-standing samples, we show a wide crossover regime between “dipolar” 1/d 2 interactions and “monopolar” 1/d interactions. The surfaces of all samples show characteristic relaxation patterns near the kink, which consists of ridges and valleys. We identify the sample bending as the relevant image force that emanates from kinks inside walls in thin samples. When samples are prevented from bending by being attached to a substrate, the dipolar force is replaced by “monopolar” forces, even in thin samples. These results are important for transmission electron microscopy imaging, where the typical sample size is in the dipolar range while it is in the monopolar range for the bulk.
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Micro and Nanostructures is a journal disseminating the science and technology of micro-structures and nano-structures in materials and their devices, including individual and collective use of semiconductors, metals and insulators for the exploitation of their unique properties. The journal hosts papers dealing with fundamental and applied experimental research as well as theoretical studies. Fields of interest, including emerging ones, cover:
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• Synthetic heterostructures
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• Surfaces and interfaces of thin films
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Formerly known as Superlattices and Microstructures, with a 2021 IF of 3.22 and 2021 CiteScore of 5.4