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Piezoresponse imaging and local characterization of ferroelectric domains in Pb(Zn 1/3 Nb 2/3 )O 3 –7%PbTiO 3 single crystals
Author(s) -
Zeng H. R.,
Shimamura K.,
Villora E. A. G.,
Takekawa S.,
Kitamura K.,
Xu J. Y.,
Yin Q. R.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
physica status solidi (rrl) – rapid research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.786
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1862-6270
pISSN - 1862-6254
DOI - 10.1002/pssr.200600039
Subject(s) - piezoresponse force microscopy , ferroelectricity , materials science , hysteresis , single crystal , nanoscopic scale , domain (mathematical analysis) , characterization (materials science) , crystallography , condensed matter physics , nanotechnology , optoelectronics , chemistry , physics , dielectric , mathematical analysis , mathematics
Ferroelectric domain structures of (001)‐oriented Pb(Zn 1/3 Nb 2/3 )O 3 –7%PbTiO 3 (PZN‐7%PT) single crystals were visualized and characterized by piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM). Locally regular domain configurations are found to be possibly related to the stable macroscopic properties in the PZN‐7%PT single crystals. Nanoscale piezoresponse hysteresis loops measured by PFM tip revealed no evidence of local domain switching behavior in the PZN‐7%PT single crystal. (© 2007 WILEY‐VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA, Weinheim)