Local twin domains and tip-voltage-induced domain switching of monoclinic phase in single crystal revealed by piezoresponse force microscopy
Abstract
Here, the monoclinic (M) phases in high-performance relaxor-based ferroelectric single crystals have been recognized to be a vital structural factor for the outstanding piezoelectric property. However, due to the complexity of the structure in M phases, the understanding about it is still limited. In this paper, the local twin domains and tip-voltage-induced domain switching of the MC phase in Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 - 0.34PbTiO3 (PMN-0.34PT) single crystal have been intensively investigated by piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM). By theoretically analyzing the experimental patterns of domain walls on the (001)C face, the specific MC twin domains in the initial annealed state of a selected area have been clarified, and the polarization orientation of the MC phase in this sample is determined to be at an angle of 29 degrees to the < 001 > C directions. In addition, based on the evolution of domains and the motion of domain walls under the step-increased PFM tip dc voltage (Vdc), the switching process and features of different types of MC domain variants are visually revealed
- Authors:
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- Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin (China)
- Univ. of Science and Technology of China, Anhui (China)
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin (China); The Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA (United States)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES); National Key Basic Research Program of China; National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1339416
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1310844
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Physical Review B
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 94; Journal Issue: 5; Journal ID: ISSN 2469-9950
- Publisher:
- American Physical Society (APS)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 74 ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR PHYSICS
Citation Formats
Wang, Ruixue, Yang, Bin, Luo, Zhenlin, Sun, Enwei, Sun, Yuan, Xu, Han, Zhao, Jiangtao, Zheng, Limei, Zhou, Hua, Gao, Chen, and Cao, Wenwu. Local twin domains and tip-voltage-induced domain switching of monoclinic MC phase in Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.34PbTiO3 single crystal revealed by piezoresponse force microscopy. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.94.054115.
Wang, Ruixue, Yang, Bin, Luo, Zhenlin, Sun, Enwei, Sun, Yuan, Xu, Han, Zhao, Jiangtao, Zheng, Limei, Zhou, Hua, Gao, Chen, & Cao, Wenwu. Local twin domains and tip-voltage-induced domain switching of monoclinic MC phase in Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.34PbTiO3 single crystal revealed by piezoresponse force microscopy. United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.054115
Wang, Ruixue, Yang, Bin, Luo, Zhenlin, Sun, Enwei, Sun, Yuan, Xu, Han, Zhao, Jiangtao, Zheng, Limei, Zhou, Hua, Gao, Chen, and Cao, Wenwu. Mon .
"Local twin domains and tip-voltage-induced domain switching of monoclinic MC phase in Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.34PbTiO3 single crystal revealed by piezoresponse force microscopy". United States. https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.94.054115. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1339416.
@article{osti_1339416,
title = {Local twin domains and tip-voltage-induced domain switching of monoclinic MC phase in Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-0.34PbTiO3 single crystal revealed by piezoresponse force microscopy},
author = {Wang, Ruixue and Yang, Bin and Luo, Zhenlin and Sun, Enwei and Sun, Yuan and Xu, Han and Zhao, Jiangtao and Zheng, Limei and Zhou, Hua and Gao, Chen and Cao, Wenwu},
abstractNote = {Here, the monoclinic (M) phases in high-performance relaxor-based ferroelectric single crystals have been recognized to be a vital structural factor for the outstanding piezoelectric property. However, due to the complexity of the structure in M phases, the understanding about it is still limited. In this paper, the local twin domains and tip-voltage-induced domain switching of the MC phase in Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 - 0.34PbTiO3 (PMN-0.34PT) single crystal have been intensively investigated by piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM). By theoretically analyzing the experimental patterns of domain walls on the (001)C face, the specific MC twin domains in the initial annealed state of a selected area have been clarified, and the polarization orientation of the MC phase in this sample is determined to be at an angle of 29 degrees to the < 001 > C directions. In addition, based on the evolution of domains and the motion of domain walls under the step-increased PFM tip dc voltage (Vdc), the switching process and features of different types of MC domain variants are visually revealed},
doi = {10.1103/PhysRevB.94.054115},
journal = {Physical Review B},
number = 5,
volume = 94,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Aug 29 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Mon Aug 29 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
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