Table 2 Summary of the spontaneous polarization angles, i.e., mean and standard deviation, with respect to in-plane orientation for each ferroelectric domains denoted 1–10 in Fig. 12d.

From: Large bi-axial tensile strain effect in epitaxial BiFeO3 film grown on single crystal PrScO3

Domain

Angle with respect to in-plane orientation (deg.)

Mean

SD

1 (BFO II)

142.0

8.4

2 (BFO II)

 − 19.8

16.3

3 (BFO II)

25.7

8.6

4 (BFO II)

 − 155.6

2.9

5 (BFO II)

161.6

8.0

6 (BFO I)

89.7

7.4

7 (BFO I)

83.1

11.2

8 (BFO II)

26.5

6.5

9 (BFO II)

 − 158.6

4.8

10 (BFO II)

137.1

7.4

  1. Note that the mean and standard deviation are based on 10 pixels from the central area of each ferroelectric domains denoted 1–10 in Fig. 12d. Their relations with crystallographic domains, i.e., BFO I and BFO II are also provided.
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