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Topological polar textures on CsPbBr3 nanoplatelets

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics 2025-09-03 v1 Materials Science

Abstract

Polar topological textures like the bubble domains, flux--closures, and labyrinth etc., unlock functional responses in ferroic systems but are difficult to stabilize and control in chemically simple, solution--grown materials. Here we show that ultra--thin, large--area CsPbBr3_3 nanoplatelets host room--temperature ferroelectric bubble domains whose characteristic size is tunable by thickness. Using contact--resonance piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) across 125\~nm--2\~μ\mum, we observe a systematic decrease in domain size with decreasing thickness, consistent with a depolarization--field controlled stability window. Repeated scanning transforms bubbles into labyrinthine patterns, indicating metastability under weak mechanical/electrical perturbations. Upon heating, bubbles evolve into labyrinths and vanish at TC ⁣ ⁣90T_C\!\approx\!90^\circC, with domain nucleation recovered on cooling. These results establish a controllable platform for polar topology in a stable, stochiometric perovskite grown via a solvothermal route, and clarify how electrical boundary conditions (set by thickness and temperature) govern texture selection. The thickness--tunable polar textures identified here offer a route to engineer domain--wall--mediated functionalities in halide perovskites.

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@article{arxiv.2509.01751,
  title  = {Topological polar textures on CsPbBr3 nanoplatelets},
  author = {Monika Bhakar and Pooja Bhardwaj and Gokul M. Anilkumar and Atikur Rahman and Goutam Sheet},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.01751},
  year   = {2025}
}
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