Domain Nucleation and Hysteresis Loop Shape in Piezoresponse Force Spectroscopy

doi:10.1063/1.2378526

Title: Domain Nucleation and Hysteresis Loop Shape in Piezoresponse Force Spectroscopy

Full Record
Other Related Research

Abstract

Electromechanical hysteresis loop measurements in piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) [piezoresponse force spectroscopy (PFS)] have emerged as a powerful technique for probing ferroelectric switching behavior on the nanoscale. Interpretation of PFS data requires the relationship between the domain parameters and PFM signal to be established. Here, the authors analyze the switching process using modified point charge model. The charge parameters are selected to reproduce tip-induced surface potential and tip radius of curvature. The relationship between geometric parameters of semiellipsoidal domain and PFM signal is derived using linear Green's function theory. The role of domain nucleation on hysteresis loop is established.

Authors:

Morozovska, A. N. ^[1]; Eliseev, E. A. ^[1]; Kalinin, Sergei V ^[2]

National Academy of Science of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine
ORNL

Publication Date:: Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2006

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Science (SC)

OSTI Identifier:: 1003559

DOE Contract Number:: DE-AC05-00OR22725

Resource Type:: Journal Article

Resource Relation:: Journal Name: Applied Physics Letters; Journal Volume: 89; Journal Issue: 19

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 71 CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM MECHANICS, GENERAL PHYSICS; HYSTERESIS; MICROSCOPY; NUCLEATION; POINT CHARGE; SHAPE; SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE POTENTIAL

Citation Formats


                    Morozovska, A. N., Eliseev, E. A., and Kalinin, Sergei V. Domain Nucleation and Hysteresis Loop Shape in Piezoresponse Force Spectroscopy.  United States: N. p., 2006. 
        Web.  doi:10.1063/1.2378526.

Copy to clipboard


                    Morozovska, A. N., Eliseev, E. A., & Kalinin, Sergei V. Domain Nucleation and Hysteresis Loop Shape in Piezoresponse Force Spectroscopy.  United States.  doi:10.1063/1.2378526.

Copy to clipboard


                    Morozovska, A. N., Eliseev, E. A., and Kalinin, Sergei V. Sun .  
        "Domain Nucleation and Hysteresis Loop Shape in Piezoresponse Force Spectroscopy".  United States.  
        doi:10.1063/1.2378526.

Copy to clipboard


                    
@article{osti_1003559,

  title        = {Domain Nucleation and Hysteresis Loop Shape in Piezoresponse Force Spectroscopy},

  author       = {Morozovska, A. N. and Eliseev, E. A. and Kalinin, Sergei V},

  abstractNote = {Electromechanical hysteresis loop measurements in piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) [piezoresponse force spectroscopy (PFS)] have emerged as a powerful technique for probing ferroelectric switching behavior on the nanoscale. Interpretation of PFS data requires the relationship between the domain parameters and PFM signal to be established. Here, the authors analyze the switching process using modified point charge model. The charge parameters are selected to reproduce tip-induced surface potential and tip radius of curvature. The relationship between geometric parameters of semiellipsoidal domain and PFM signal is derived using linear Green's function theory. The role of domain nucleation on hysteresis loop is established.},

  doi          = {10.1063/1.2378526},

  journal      = {Applied Physics Letters},

  number       = 19,

  volume       = 89,

  place        = {United States},

  year         = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2006},

  month        = {Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2006}

}

Copy to clipboard

Journal Article:

DOI: 10.1063/1.2378526

Other availability

Find in Google Scholar

Search WorldCat to find libraries that may hold this journal

Save / Share:

Export Metadata

Save to My Library

Similar records in OSTI.GOV collections:

Domain Dynamics in Piezoresponse Force Spectroscopy: Quantitative Deconvolution and Hysteresis Loop Fine Structure

Journal Article Bdikin, Igor ; Kholkin, Andrei ; Morozovska, A. N. ; ... - Applied Physics Letters

Domain dynamics in the Piezoresponse Force Spectroscopy (PFS) experiment is studied using the combination of local hysteresis loop acquisition with simultaneous domain imaging. The analytical theory for PFS signal from domain of arbitrary cross-section and length is developed for the analysis of experimental data on Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 polycrystalline films. The results suggest formation of oblate domain at early stage of the nucleation and growth, consistent with efficient screening of depolarization field. The fine structure of the hysteresis loop is shown to be related to the observed jumps in the domain geometry during domain wall propagation (nanoscale Barkhausen jumps), indicative of strongmore » domain-defect interactions.« less
DOI: 10.1063/1.2919792
Role of measurement voltage on hysteresis loop shape in Piezoresponse Force Microscopy

Journal Article Kim, Yunseok ; Yang, J.-C. ; Chu, Ying Hao ; ... - Applied Physics Letters

The dependence of on-field and off-field hysteresis loop shape in Piezoresponse Force Microscopy (PFM) on driving voltage, Vac, is explored. A nontrivial dependence of hysteresis loop parameters on measurement conditions is observed. The strategies to distinguish between paraelectric and ferroelectric states with small coercive bias and separate reversible hysteretic and non-hysteretic behaviors are suggested. Generally, measurement of loop evolution with Vac is a necessary step to establish the veracity of PFM hysteresis measurements.
Domain Dynamics in Piezoresponse Force Microscopy: Quantitative Deconvolution and Hysteresis Loop Fine Structure

Journal Article Bdikin, Igor ; Kholkin, Andrei ; Morozovska, A. N. ; ... - Applied Physics Letters

Domain dynamics in the Piezoresponse Force Spectroscopy (PFS) experiment is studied using the combination of local hysteresis loop acquisition with simultaneous domain imaging. The analytical theory for PFS signal from domain of arbitrary cross-section is developed and used for the analysis of experimental data on Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 polycrystalline films. The results suggest formation of oblate domain at early stage of the domain nucleation and growth, consistent with efficient screening of depolarization field within the material. The fine structure of the hysteresis loop is shown to be related to the observed jumps in the domain geometry during domain wall propagation (nanoscale Barkhausenmore »« less
DOI: 10.1063/1.2919792
Real-space mapping of dynamic phenomena during hysteresis loop measurements: Dynamic Switching Spectroscopy Piezoresponse Force Microscopy

Journal Article Kumar, Amit ; Ovchinnikov, Oleg S ; Jesse, Stephen ; ... - Applied Physics Letters

Dynamic switching spectroscopy piezoresponse force microscopy is developed to separate thermodynamic and kinetic effects in local bias-induced phase transitions. The approaches for visualization and analysis of 5D data are discussed. The spatial and voltage variability of relaxation behavior of the a-c domain lead zirconate-titanate surface suggest the interpretation in terms of surface charge dynamics. This approach is applicable to local studies of dynamic behavior in any system with reversible bias-induced phase transitions ranging from ferroelectrics and multiferroics to ionic systems such as Li-ion and oxygen-ion conductors in batteries, fuel cells, and electroresistive systems.
DOI: 10.1063/1.3590919
Domain wall motion in epitaxial Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 capacitors investigated by modified piezoresponse force microscopy

Journal Article Yang, Sang Mo ; Jo, Ji Young ; Kim, Dong Jik ; ... - Applied Physics Letters

We investigated the time-dependent domain wall motion of epitaxial PbZr0.2Ti0.8O3 capacitors 100 nm-thick using modified piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM). We obtained successive domain evolution images reliably by combining the PFM with switching current measurements. We observed that domain wall speed (v) decreases with increases in domain size (r), approximately following a power law dependence of v ~ r -n with n = 0.4 0.15. The average value of v, obtained under applied electric field (Eapp), also agrees with Merz's law: i.e., ~ exp(-E0/ Eapp) with an activation field E0 of about 650 kV/cm.
DOI: 10.1063/1.2949078

Similar Records