Lamellar ferroelectric domains in PbTiO3 grains imaged and manipulated by AFM
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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
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 483-487 |
Number of pages | 5 |
Journal | Surface science |
Volume | 532-535 |
Publication status | Published - 10 Jun 2003 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
Conference
Title | Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Nanometer |
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Duration | 29 - 31 August 2002 |
City | Malmo |
Country | Sweden |
External IDs
ORCID | /0000-0002-2484-4158/work/174788805 |
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Keywords
- Atomic force microscopy, Grain boundaries, Polycrystalline thin films, Surface stress