Mapping Disorder in Polycrystalline Relaxors: A Piezoresponse Force Microscopy Approach

Kholkin, Andrei L.; Kiselev, Dmitry A.; Bdikin, Igor K.; Sternberg, Andris; Dkhil, Brahim; Jesse, Stephen; Ovchinnikov, Oleg; Kalinin, Sergei V.

doi:10.3390/ma3114860

Title: Mapping Disorder in Polycrystalline Relaxors: A Piezoresponse Force Microscopy Approach

Journal Article · Thu Oct 28 00:00:00 EDT 2010 · Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.3390/ma3114860· OSTI ID:1628425

Kholkin, Andrei L. ^[1]; Kiselev, Dmitry A. ^[1]; Bdikin, Igor K. ^[1]; Sternberg, Andris ^[2]; Dkhil, Brahim ^[3]; Jesse, Stephen ^[4]; Ovchinnikov, Oleg ^[4]; Kalinin, Sergei V. ^[4]

University of Aveiro (Portugal)
Latvian Academy of Sciences, Kengaraha (Latvia)
Ecole Centrale Paris (CEA) (France)
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States). Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS)

Relaxors constitute a large class of ferroelectrics where disorder is introduced by doping with ions of different size and valence, in order to maximize their useful properties in a broad temperature range. Polarization disorder in relaxors is typically studied by dielectric and scattering techniques that do not allow direct mapping of relaxor parameters, such as correlation length or width of the relaxation time spectrum. In this paper, we introduce a novel method based on measurements of local vibrations by Piezoresponse Force Microscopy (PFM) that detects nanoscale polarization on the relaxor surface. Random polarization patterns are then analyzed via local Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) and the FFT PFM parameters, such as amplitude, correlation radius and width of the spectrum of spatial correlations, are mapped along with the conventional topography. The results are tested with transparent (Pb, La) (Zr, Ti)O₃ ceramics where local disorder is due to doping with La³⁺. The conclusions are made about the distribution of the defects responsible for relaxor behavior and the role of the grain boundaries in the macroscopic response.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Materials Sciences & Engineering Division

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725

OSTI ID:: 1628425

Journal Information:: Materials, Vol. 3, Issue 11; ISSN 1996-1944

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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