Lamellar ferroelectric domains in PbTiO3 grains imaged and manipulated by AFM

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Beitragende

Abstract

Atomic force microscopy in combination with piezoresponse force microscopy are applied to inspect and manipulate the lamellar ferroelectric domains of a non-continuous polycrystalline PbTiO3 film. A former study showed such films to exhibit a net integral polarization direction with every grain being randomly oriented. However, the results presented here demonstrate a lamellar domain structure inside most of these single crystalline grains which is attributable to 90° domain walls. This lamellar domain distribution might be a result of mechanical strain at the surface and the interface to the substrate as predicted from theoretical calculations for epitaxially grown PbTiO3 films. In a switching experiment, the domains of a single grain were manipulated, showing that the lamellar structure recovers. This indicates that the lamellar domain arrangement is energetically favored in these samples.

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)483-487
Seitenumfang5
FachzeitschriftSurface science
Jahrgang532-535
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - 10 Juni 2003
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Konferenz

TitelProceedings of the 7th International Conference on Nanometer
Dauer29 - 31 August 2002
StadtMalmo
LandSchweden

Externe IDs

ORCID /0000-0002-2484-4158/work/174788805

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • Atomic force microscopy, Grain boundaries, Polycrystalline thin films, Surface stress