Publications

Céline Lichtensteiger, Chia-Ping Su, Iaroslav Gaponenko, Marios Hadjimichael, Ludovica Tovaglieri, Patrycja Paruch, Alexandre Gloter and Jean-Marc Triscone

APL materials 11 10, 101110 (2023)

We investigate nanoscale domain engineering via epitaxial coupling in a set of SrRuO3/PbTiO3/SrRuO3 heterostructures epitaxially grown on (110)o-oriented DyScO3 substrates. The SrRuO3 layer thickness is kept at 55 unit cells, whereas the PbTiO3 layer is grown to thicknesses of 23, 45, and 90 unit…

Céline Lichtensteiger, Marios Hadjimichael, Edoardo Zatterin, Chia-Ping Su, Iaroslav Gaponenko, Ludovica Tovaglieri, Patrycja Paruch, Alexandre Gloter and Jean-Marc Triscone

APL materials 11 6, 061126 (2023)

We study the complex ferroelastic/ferroelectric domain structure in the prototypical ferroelectric PbTiO3 epitaxially strained on (110)o-oriented DyScO3 substrates, using a combination of atomic force microscopy, laboratory and synchrotron x-ray diffraction, and high resolution scanning…

Guillaume Rapin

Thèse, 113 (2022)

La physique des systèmes élastiques désordonnés permet d’étudier des systèmes très variés, tel que les côtes des îles anglo-saxonnes érodées par le temps, des fissures se propageant dans le granite, les parois de domaine dans les matériaux ferroïcs, et les fronts cellulaires en…

Philippe Tueckmantel, Iaroslav Gaponenko, Nirvana Belen Caballero, Joshua C. Agar, Lane W. Martin, Thierry Giamarchi and Patrycja Paruch

Physical Review Letters 126 117606 (2021)

Ferroelectric materials provide a useful model system to explore the jerky, highly nonlinear dynamics of elastic interfaces in disordered media. The distribution of nanoscale switching event sizes is studied in two Pb(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3 thin films with different disorder landscapes using piezoresponse…

Guillaume Rapin, Nirvana Belen Caballero, Iaroslav Gaponenko, Benedikt Ziegler, Audrey Rawleigh, Ermanno Moriggi, Thierry Giamarchi, Steven A. Brown and Patrycja Paruch

Scientific reports 11 1, 8869 (2021)

Juxtacellular interactions play an essential but still not fully understood role in both normal tissue development and tumour invasion. Using proliferating cell fronts as a model system, we explore the effects of cell–cell interactions on the geometry and dynamics of these one-dimensional…

Guillaume Rapin, Sophia Ehrensperger, Cédric Blaser, Nirvana Belen Caballero and Patrycja Paruch

Applied Physics Letters 119, 242903 (2021)

Understanding and controlling the motion, stability, and equilibrium configuration of ferroelectric domain walls is key for their integration into potential nanoelectronic applications, such as ferroelectric racetrack memories. Using piezoresponse force microscopy, we analyze the growth and…

Iaroslav Gaponenko, Loïc Musy, Neus Domingo, Nicolas Stucki, Albert Verdaguer, Nazanin Bassiri-Gharb and Patrycja Paruch

npj computational materials 7 1, 163 (2021)

Electrochemical phenomena in ferroelectrics are of particular interest for catalysis and sensing applications, with recent studies highlighting the combined role of the ferroelectric polarisation, applied surface voltage and overall switching history. Here, we present a systematic Kelvin probe…

Loïc Musy, Ralph Adam Yap Bulanadi, Iaroslav Gaponenko and Patrycja Paruch

Ultramicroscopy 228 113345 (2021)

Research in materials science increasingly depends on the correlation of information from multiple characterisation techniques, acquired in ever larger datasets. Efficient methods of processing and storing these complexdatasets are therefore crucial. Reliably keeping track of data processing is…

Philippe Tueckmantel

Thèse (2020)

In this thesis, the properties of ferroelectric domains and domain walls in Pb(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3 are studied in three research avenues using piezoresponse force microscopy. In the first, the switching dynamics are investigated in the context of crackling physics. The importance of establishing the…

Christian Weymann, Céline Lichtensteiger, Stéphanie Fernandez‐Peña, Aaron B. Naden, Liv R. Dedon, Lane W. Martin, Jean-Marc Triscone and Patrycja Paruch

Advanced Electronic Materials 6 12, 2000852 (2020)

Deterministic control of the intrinsic polarization state of ferroelectric thin films is essential for device applications. Independently of the well-established role of electrostatic boundary conditions and epitaxial strain, the importance of growth temperature as a tool to stabilize a target…

Christian Weymann, Céline Lichtensteiger, Stéphanie Fernandez-Peña, Rohini Kumara Cordero Eduards and Patrycja Paruch

Applied Surface Science 516 146077 (2020)

Radio-frequency off-axis magnetron sputtering is a well established technique to produce high quality epitaxial thin films of complex oxides. It has been successfully used for over two decades to grow thin films, superlattices and even solid solutions. The main drawback is the common lack of in…

Iaroslav Gaponenko, Loïc Musy, Sébastien Muller and Patrycja Paruch

Engineering research express 1 2, 025042 (2019)

From the survival of biological systems to the surface electrochemistry of materials, ambient and surface water plays a key role, and understanding its contribution is essential to describe the observed behaviours fully. Thus, precise measurement and control of relative humidity are essential in…

Christian Weymann

Thèse (2019)

Dans cette thèse, nous présentons une méthode fiable pour produire des séries d’échantillons ferroélectriques identiques en tous points, sauf la structure de domaines intrinsèque: en changeant la température de croissance de nos échantillons, nous contrôlons entièrement la direction de…

Manisha Chhikara, Iaroslav Gaponenko, Patrycja Paruch and Alexey Kuzmenko

2D materials 4 2, 025081 (2017)

Graphene is a mechanically robust 2D material promising for flexible optoelectronic applications. However, its electromagnetic properties under strain are experimentally poorly understood. Here we present the far-infrared transmission spectra of large-area chemical-vapor deposited monolayer…

Iaroslav Gaponenko

Thèse (2017)

La présente thèse se consacre à l’étude par microscopie à force atomique des propriétés fonctionnelles des domaines et parois de domaines ferroélectriques et leur interaction avec les adsorbats de surface. En particulier, des couches minces de titano-zirconate de plomb sont utilisées comme …

Céline Lichtensteiger, Christian Weymann, Stéphanie Fernandez, Patrycja Paruch and Jean-Marc Triscone

New Journal of Physics 18 4, 043030 (2016)

We have studied the built-in voltage in heterostructures composed of ferroelectric PbTiO3 and dielectric spacers of SrTiO3, grown on SrTiO3 substrates with SrRuO3 bottom electrodes. We used piezoresponse force microscopy to determine the domain structure of the samples and perform local switching…

Cédric Blaser and Patrycja Paruch

New journal of physics 17 1, 013002 (2015)

Ferroelectric domain switching in c-axis-oriented epitaxial Pb(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3 thin films was studied using biased scanning probe microscopy tips. While linear and logarithmic dependence of domain size on tip bias and writing time, respectively, are well known, we report an additional linear…

Cédric Blaser

Thèse (2014)

La présente thèse est consacrée en grande partie à l’étude des interactions entre les nanotubes de carbone et les couches minces ferroélectriques. D’une part, l’effet de champ ferroélectrique peut moduler de façon réversible et non-volatile la densité de porteurs de charge de nanotubes…

Benedikt Ziegler

Thèse (2014)

Ma thèse se concentre sur un matériau nommé BiFeO3, l’un des rares multiferroiques à température ambiante, affichant ferroélasticité, ferroélectricité, ainsi qu’antiferromagnétisme. Le point de départ de cette recherche repose sur le travail intensif expérimental et théorique sur ce…

Benedikt Ziegler, Kirsten Martens, Thierry Giamarchi and Patrycja Paruch

Physical review letters 111 24, 247604 (2013)

Using the model system of ferroelectric domain walls, we explore the effects of long-range dipolar interactions and periodic ordering on the behavior of pinned elastic interfaces. In piezoresponse force microscopy studies of the characteristic roughening of intrinsic 71 degree stripe domains in…

Cédric Blaser, Vincent Esposito and Patrycja Paruch

Applied physics letters 102 22, 223503 (2013)

Christophe Caillier, Dongkeun Ki, Yuliya Lisunova, Iaroslav Gaponenko, Patrycja Paruch and Alberto Morpurgo

Nanotechnology 24 40, 405201 (2013)

To minimize parasitic doping effects caused by uncontrolled material adsorption, graphene is often investigated under vacuum. Here we report an entirely unexpected phenomenon occurring in vacuum systems, namely strong n-doping of graphene due to chemical species generated by common ion high-vacuum…

Yuliya Lisunova, Ivan Levkivskyi and Patrycja Paruch

Nano letters 13 9, 4527-4531 (2013)

Yuliya Lisunova, J Heidler, Ivan Levkivskyi, Iaroslav Gaponenko, A Weber, Christophe Caillier, L J Heyderman, M Kläui and Patrycja Paruch

Nanotechnology 24 10, 105705 (2013)

Jill Guyonnet

Thèse (2013)

Les matériaux ferroélectriques sont caractérisés par une polarisation électrique réversible. Les interfaces séparant deux domaines ferroélectriques, appelées parois de domaines, possèdent des propriétés spécifiques en raison de la brisure locale de symétrie et de l’accumulation de…

Yuliya Lisunova

Thèse (2013)

Ferroic materials at the nanoscale reveal new properties and functionalities as such they are recognized as extremely promising materials from both fundamental and application point of view. One of the major tool used to advance studies of ferroic thin films is the atomic force probe microscopy…

Cédric Blaser and Patrycja Paruch

Applied physics letters 101 14, 142906 (2012)

Patrycja Paruch, A. B. Kolton, X. Hong, C. H. Ahn and Thierry Giamarchi

Physical review. B, Condensed matter and materials physics 85 21, 214115 (2012)

Jill Guyonnet, Elisabeth Agoritsas, Sebastian Bustingorry, Thierry Giamarchi and Patrycja Paruch

Physical review letters 109 14, 147601 (2012)

Hélène Bea, Benedikt Ziegler, M Bibes, A Barthélémy and Patrycja Paruch

Journal of physics. Condensed matter 23 14, 142201 (2011)

Jill Guyonnet, Iaroslav Gaponenko, Stefano Gariglio and Patrycja Paruch

Advanced materials 23 45, 5377-5382 (2011)

Jill Guyonnet, Iaroslav Gaponenko, Stefano Gariglio and Patrycja Paruch

Advanced materials 23 45, 5376-5376 (2011)

Jill Guyonnet, Hélène Bea and Patrycja Paruch

Journal of applied physics 108 4, 042002 (2010)

Jill Guyonnet, Hélène Bea, F. Guy, Stefano Gariglio, S. Fusil, K. Bouzehouane, Jean-Marc Triscone and Patrycja Paruch

Applied physics letters 95 13, 132902 (2009)

N. Dix, R. Muralidharan, J.M. Caicedo, D. Hrabovsky, I. Fina, L. Fàbrega, V. Skumryev, M. Varela, Jill Guyonnet, Patrycja Paruch, F. Sánchez and J. Fontcuberta

Journal of magnetism and magnetic materials 321 11, 1790-1794 (2009)

Hélène Bea and Patrycja Paruch

Nature materials 8, 168-169 (2009)

N. Dix, R. Muralidharan, Jill Guyonnet, B. Warot-Fonrose, M. Varela, Patrycja Paruch, F. Sánchez and J. Fontcuberta

Applied physics letters 95 6, 062907 (2009)

Patrycja Paruch, A.-B. Posadas, Matthew Dawber, C. H. Ahn and P. L. McEuen

Applied physics letters 93 13, 132901 (2008)

H. Béa, M. Bibes, M. Sirena, G. Herranz, K. Bouzehouane, E. Jacquet, S. Fusil, Patrycja Paruch, Matthew Dawber, J.-P. Contour and A. Barthélémy

Applied physics letters 88 6, 062502 (2006)

Patrycja Paruch, Thierry Giamarchi, Per Thomas Martin Tybell and Jean-Marc Triscone

Journal of applied physics 100 5, 051608 (2006)

Patrycja Paruch and Jean-Marc Triscone

Applied physics letters 88 16, 162907 (2006)

E. Courjon, N. Bodin, G. Lengaigne, L. Gauthier-Manuel, W. Daniau, S. Ballandras, Patrycja Paruch, Jean-Marc Triscone and J. Hauden

International Frequency Control Symposium and Exposition, 831-834 (2006)

The development of piezoelectric transducers based on periodically poled ferroelectrics domains is investigated. Optical quality Z-cut LiNbO3 wafers have been used for the fabrication of test devices operating in the range 7-70 MHz. The fabrication process is detailed and characterization results…

Matthew Dawber, Céline Lichtensteiger, Patrycja Paruch and Jean-Marc Triscone

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control 53 12, 2261-2269 (2006)

Understanding the behavior of ferroelectrics on the nanoscale level requires the production of materials of the highest quality and advanced characterization techniques for probing the fascinating properties of these systems with reduced dimensions. Here we give an overview of our recent…

Patrycja Paruch, Thierry Giamarchi and Jean-Marc Triscone

Physical review letters 94 19, 197601 (2005)

Koyilothu Sarin Kumar, Patrycja Paruch, Jean-Marc Triscone, W. Daniau, S. Ballandras, Luca Pellegrino, D. Marré and Per Thomas Martin Tybell

Applied physics letters 85 10, 1757 (2004)

Patrycja Paruch, Nicolas Stucki, Céline Lichtensteiger, Matthew Dawber, Sarin Kumar, Stefano Gariglio, Daniel Matthey, Kei Takahashi and Jean-Marc Triscone

MaNEP Newsletter 6, 6 (2004)

Ferroelectric materials possess unique properties such as pyroelectricity and piezoelectricity useful for a wide range of technological applications, from non-volatile memories to sensors and actuators. Maintaining the continual rate of miniaturization of such devices presents many challenges, and…

W. Daniau, A.K.S. Kumar, Patrycja Paruch, D. Marré, Jean-Marc Triscone and S. Ballandras

IEEE Ultrasonics Symposium, 441-444 (2004)

We propose a novel piezoelectric interdigital transducer (PIT) based on alternately poled domains of a ferroelectric thin film deposited on top of a single crystal substrate. This transducer offers an alternative to the interdigital transducer (IDT) for the excitation of very high frequency surface …

Per Thomas Martin Tybell, Patrycja Paruch, Thierry Giamarchi and Jean-Marc Triscone

Physical review letters 89 9, 097601 (2002)

Patrycja Paruch, Per Thomas Martin Tybell and Jean-Marc Triscone

Applied physics letters 79 4, 530 (2001)

Charles Ahn, Stefano Gariglio, Patrycja Paruch, Per Thomas Martin Tybell, Louis Antognazza and Jean-Marc Triscone

Science 284 5417, 1152-1155 (1999)

Loïc Musy

Thèse, 149 (2024)

Cette thèse explore, à l’aide de la microscopie à force atomique (AFM), le comportement des charges de surface sur les ferroélectriques, et la manière dont l’eau réagit selon l’orientation de la polarisation. En complément des techniques AFM, des développements matériels (contrôleur…

Ralph Adam Yap Bulanadi

Thèse, 222 (2024)

We here leverage scanning probe microscopy, sensitive to both structural and functional properties of ferroelectric domains, in order to change, measure, and characterise the variety of transitions (and transition-like behaviours in the highly nonlinear dynamics accompanying polarisation reversal…

Guillaume Rapin

Thèse, 113 (2022)

La physique des systèmes élastiques désordonnés permet d’étudier des systèmes très variés, tel que les côtes des îles anglo-saxonnes érodées par le temps, des fissures se propageant dans le granite, les parois de domaine dans les matériaux ferroïcs, et les fronts cellulaires en…

Philippe Tueckmantel

Thèse (2020)

In this thesis, the properties of ferroelectric domains and domain walls in Pb(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3 are studied in three research avenues using piezoresponse force microscopy. In the first, the switching dynamics are investigated in the context of crackling physics. The importance of establishing the…

Christian Weymann

Thèse (2019)

Dans cette thèse, nous présentons une méthode fiable pour produire des séries d’échantillons ferroélectriques identiques en tous points, sauf la structure de domaines intrinsèque: en changeant la température de croissance de nos échantillons, nous contrôlons entièrement la direction de…

Iaroslav Gaponenko

Thèse (2017)

La présente thèse se consacre à l’étude par microscopie à force atomique des propriétés fonctionnelles des domaines et parois de domaines ferroélectriques et leur interaction avec les adsorbats de surface. En particulier, des couches minces de titano-zirconate de plomb sont utilisées comme …

Cédric Blaser

Thèse (2014)

La présente thèse est consacrée en grande partie à l’étude des interactions entre les nanotubes de carbone et les couches minces ferroélectriques. D’une part, l’effet de champ ferroélectrique peut moduler de façon réversible et non-volatile la densité de porteurs de charge de nanotubes…

Benedikt Ziegler

Thèse (2014)

Ma thèse se concentre sur un matériau nommé BiFeO3, l’un des rares multiferroiques à température ambiante, affichant ferroélasticité, ferroélectricité, ainsi qu’antiferromagnétisme. Le point de départ de cette recherche repose sur le travail intensif expérimental et théorique sur ce…

Jill Guyonnet

Thèse (2013)

Les matériaux ferroélectriques sont caractérisés par une polarisation électrique réversible. Les interfaces séparant deux domaines ferroélectriques, appelées parois de domaines, possèdent des propriétés spécifiques en raison de la brisure locale de symétrie et de l’accumulation de…

Yuliya Lisunova

Thèse (2013)

Ferroic materials at the nanoscale reveal new properties and functionalities as such they are recognized as extremely promising materials from both fundamental and application point of view. One of the major tool used to advance studies of ferroic thin films is the atomic force probe microscopy…