960化工网
Resistive switching and related magnetization switching in Pt/BiFeO3/Nb:SrTiO3 heterostructures
Yuan Zhang,Tingting Zhang,Da Qiu,Guohong Lai,Cheng Hu,Qiangwen Wang,Feng Zhang,Meiya Li
RSC Advances Pub Date : 04/27/2017 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C7RA00242D
Abstract

BiFeO3 (BFO) thin films were epitaxially grown on a 0.7 wt% Nb-doped (001) SrTiO3 (NSTO) single-crystal substrate by pulsed laser deposition to form a Pt/BFO/NSTO heterostructure. This heterostructure exhibits stable bipolar resistive switching behavior with a maximum Roff/Ron ratio of 105, well retention and multilevel memory properties. Meanwhile, the saturation magnetization (Ms) of BFO film shows reversible switching upon different resistance states. The BFO film shows high saturation magnetization at a high resistance state, while it shows low saturation magnetization at a low resistance state. These resistive and magnetization switching properties are attributed to the modulation effect of the ferroelectric polarization reversal on the width of depletion region and the height of potential barrier via the charge trapping and detrapping process combined with the migration of oxygen vacancies at the BFO/NSTO interface. This study demonstrates that Pt/BFO/NSTO heterostructure has potential application in nonvolatile resistive switching memory and novel magnetoelectric coupling devices.

Graphical abstract: Resistive switching and related magnetization switching in Pt/BiFeO3/Nb:SrTiO3 heterostructures
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