Temperature-Assisted Piezoresponse Force Microscopy: Probing Local Temperature-Induced Phase Transitions in Ferroics

Morozovska, Anna N.; Eliseev, Eugene A.; Kelley, Kyle; Kalinin, Sergei V.

doi:10.1103/physrevapplied.18.024045

Temperature-Assisted Piezoresponse Force Microscopy: Probing Local Temperature-Induced Phase Transitions in Ferroics

Journal Article · Wed Aug 17 00:00:00 EDT 2022 · Physical Review Applied

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevapplied.18.024045· OSTI ID:1885356

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NAS of Ukraine, Kyiv (Ukraine)
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

The combination of local heating and biasing at the tip-surface junction in temperature-assisted piezoresponse force microscopy (TPFM) opens a pathway for probing local temperature-induced phase transitions in ferroics, exploring the temperature dependence of polarization dynamics in ferroelectrics and potentially discovering coupled phenomena driven by strong temperature and electric field gradients. In this study we analyze the signal-formation mechanism in TPFM and explore the interplay between thermal- and bias-induced switching in model ferroelectric materials. Furthermore, we explore the contributions of the flexoelectric and thermopolarization effects to the local electromechanical response and demonstrate that the latter can be significant for “soft” ferroelectrics. These results establish a framework for the quantitative interpretation of TPFM observations, predict the emergence of nontrivial switching and relaxation phenomena driven by nonlocal thermal-gradient-induced polarization switching, and open a pathway for exploring the physics of thermopolarization effects in various noncentrosymmetric and centrosymmetric materials.

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Research Organization:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States); Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-00OR22725; SC0021118

OSTI ID:: 1885356

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1961994

Journal Information:: Physical Review Applied, Journal Name: Physical Review Applied Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 18; ISSN 2331-7019

Publisher:: American Physical Society (APS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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