Polar Solomon rings in ferroelectric nanocrystals

Jing Wang, Deshan Liang, Jing Ma, Yuanyuan Fan, Ji Ma, Hasnain Mehdi Jafri, Huayu Yang, Qinghua Zhang, Yue Wang, Changqing Guo, Shouzhe Dong, Di Liu, Xueyun Wang, Jiawang Hong, Nan Zhang, Lin Gu, Di Yi, Jinxing Zhang, Yuanhua Lin, Long Qing ChenHoubing Huang*, Ce Wen Nan*

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摘要

Solomon rings, upholding the symbol of wisdom with profound historical roots, were widely used as decorations in ancient architecture and clothing. However, it was only recently discovered that such topological structures can be formed by self-organization in biological/chemical molecules, liquid crystals, etc. Here, we report the observation of polar Solomon rings in a ferroelectric nanocrystal, which consist of two intertwined vortices and are mathematically equivalent to a 412 link in topology. By combining piezoresponse force microscopy observations and phase-field simulations, we demonstrate the reversible switching between polar Solomon rings and vertex textures by an electric field. The two types of topological polar textures exhibit distinct absorption of terahertz infrared waves, which can be exploited in infrared displays with a nanoscale resolution. Our study establishes, both experimentally and computationally, the existence and electrical manipulation of polar Solomon rings, a new form of topological polar structures that may provide a simple way for fast, robust, and high-resolution optoelectronic devices.

源语言英语
文章编号3941
期刊Nature Communications
14
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DOI
出版状态已出版 - 12月 2023

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