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The modified topography is stable enough with time and slowly decays after poling with the rate ~0.02 nm\/min. Strong vertical piezoresponse after poling is observed, too. Combined measurements by SPM and piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) prove that the poled material develops high ferroelectric polarization that cannot be switched back even under an oppositely oriented electric field. The topography modification is hypothesized to be due to a strong Joule heating and concomitant interface reaction between underlying Si and BaTiO3. The top layer is supposed to become ferroelectric as a result of local crystallization of amorphous BaTiO3. This work opens up new possibilities to form nanoscale ferroelectric structures useful for various applications.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ma10091107","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,9,20]],"date-time":"2017-09-20T10:57:41Z","timestamp":1505905061000},"page":"1107","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["Giant Strain and Induced Ferroelectricity in Amorphous BaTiO3 Films under Poling"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"10","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0290-0259","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pegah","family":"Vaghefi","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physics & CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Ali","family":"Baghizadeh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Materials and Ceramics Engineering & CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Armando","family":"Louren\u00e7o","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physics & CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal"}]},{"given":"Vitor","family":"Amaral","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physics & CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-3432-7610","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Andre","family":"Kholkin","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Physics & CICECO-Aveiro Institute of Materials, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal"},{"name":"School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ural Federal University, 620000 Ekaterinburg, Russia"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2017,9,20]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"339","DOI":"10.1146\/annurev.matsci.34.052803.091100","article-title":"Unconventional nanofabrication","volume":"34","author":"Gates","year":"2004","journal-title":"Ann. 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