Visualization of the Domain Orientation in Relaxor Ferroelectric Single Crystals by Piezoresponse Force Microscopy

The formation and evolution of the self-assembled nanodomain structures during polarization reversal have been comparatively analyzed in single crystals of various uniaxial ferroelectrics: LiNbO 3 (LN), LiTaO 3 (LT) and Sr x Ba 1-x Nb 2 O 6 (SBN). Several experimental methods have been used for visualization of the micro- and nanodomain patterns. The static domain images have been obtained by optical microscopy and piezoresponse force microscopy. The Raman confocal microscopy allowed us to obtain the domain images in the bulk. The equilibrium slow switching with effective screening resulted in growth of polygon-shaped micro-domains: hexagons in LN, triangles in LT and squares in SBN, which corresponds to crystal symmetry. Switching in nonequilibrium conditions (noneffective screening of depolarization field) brings to appearance of similar nanodomain structures in all studied crystals as a result of different processes: (1) formation of nanodomain ensembles, (2) discrete switching, (3) incomplete merging and (4) spontaneous backswitching.

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Domain Structure and Phase Symmetry of Multiferroic BiFeO3-PbTiO3 Single Crystals Studied by Piezoresponse Force Microscopy

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics Ferroelectrics and Frequency Control ◽

10.1109/tuffc.2009.1221 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 56 (8) ◽

pp. 1569-1573 ◽

Cited By ~ 4

Author(s):

Wei-min Zhu ◽

Hai-yan Guo ◽

Zuo-guang Ye

Keyword(s):

Single Crystals ◽

Domain Structure ◽

Piezoresponse Force Microscopy ◽

Force Microscopy ◽

Multiferroic Bifeo3 ◽

Phase Symmetry

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Identifying phase transition behavior in Bi1/2Na1/2TiO3-BaTiO3 single crystals by piezoresponse force microscopy

Journal of Applied Physics ◽

10.1063/1.4982910 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 121 (17) ◽

pp. 174103 ◽

Cited By ~ 15

Author(s):

Hyun-Young Lee ◽

Ke Wang ◽

Fang-Zhou Yao ◽

Wei Sun ◽

Zhen Zhou ◽

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Keyword(s):

Phase Transition ◽

Single Crystals ◽

Piezoresponse Force Microscopy ◽

Phase Transition Behavior ◽

Force Microscopy ◽

Transition Behavior

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Cooling-rate-dependent domain structures of PMT-PT single crystals observed by contact resonance piezoresponse force microscopy

14th IEEE International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics, 2004. ISAF-04. 2004 ◽

10.1109/isaf.2004.1418397 ◽

2005 ◽

Author(s):

J. Sakamoto ◽

H. Okino ◽

T. Yamamoto

Keyword(s):

Cooling Rate ◽

Single Crystals ◽

Piezoresponse Force Microscopy ◽

Force Microscopy ◽

Domain Structures ◽

Rate Dependent ◽

Dependent Domain ◽

Contact Resonance

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Micro-Raman Imaging of Ferroelectric Domain Structures in the Bulk of PMN-PT Single Crystals

Crystals ◽

10.3390/cryst9020065 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 9 (2) ◽

pp. 65 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Pavel Zelenovskiy ◽

Evgeny Greshnyakov ◽

Dmitry Chezganov ◽

Lyubov Gimadeeva ◽

Evgeny Vlasov ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Single Crystals ◽

Piezoresponse Force Microscopy ◽

Lead Magnesium Niobate ◽

Force Microscopy ◽

Domain Structures ◽

Ferroelectric Domains ◽

Nondestructive Imaging ◽

Lead Magnesium ◽

Patterning Technique ◽

Electron Beam Patterning

We demonstrate the application of confocal Raman microscopy (CRM) for nondestructive imaging of ferroelectric domains both at the surface and in the bulk of lead magnesium niobate-lead titanate (PMN-PT) ferroelectric single crystals. The studied model periodical domain structure was created at a [001] cut of tetragonal-phase PMN-PT crystal by the electron beam patterning technique. It was shown that the surface CRM domain image coincides in details with the image obtained by piezoresponse force microscopy.

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