Domain growth kinetics in lithium niobate single crystals studied by piezoresponse force microscopy

Abstract

Nemanich, R. J.; Kingon, A.; Gruverman, Alexei; Kalinin, Sergei V.; Terabe, K.; Liu, X. Y.; and Kitamura, K., "Domain growth kinetics in lithium niobate single crystals studied by piezoresponse force microscopy" (2005). Alexei Gruverman Publications. 17.

Ionic field effect and memristive phenomena in single-point ferroelectric domain switching

“…In most cases, tip-induced local polarization reversal led to the formation of isolated domains. In the lithium niobate, domains usually had regular hexagonal or circular shape 17,22,29 . In some cases, shape of the domains contained partially backswitched areas in the centre and along the path of grounded tip 25,[30][31][32] .…”

“…We studied polarization reversal under the action of the electric field produced by conductive tip of scanning probe microscope (SPM) 16,17 . Similar SPM tip-induced polarization reversal process has been explored in different materials by multiple groups worldwide [17][18][19][20][21][22][23] .…”

“…We studied polarization reversal under the action of the electric field produced by conductive tip of scanning probe microscope (SPM) 16,17 . Similar SPM tip-induced polarization reversal process has been explored in different materials by multiple groups worldwide [17][18][19][20][21][22][23] . These studies provide detailed information on mechanisms and kinetics of polarization reversal process induced by the SPM tip, including shape and sizes of the formed domains 17,18,20,21,24 , kinetics of the switching and relaxation [25][26][27] , and the role of the external conditions on these processes 22,28 .…”

High-Resolution Studies of Domain Switching Behavior in Nanostructured Ferroelectric Polymers

“…This approach has been extensively used over the last several years for investigation of the nanoscale mechanism of polarization reversal by measuring the time-field dependence of the growing domain size. [33][34][35] 36 In contrast to the local PFM switching observed in crystalline inorganic ferroelectrics, 6, 33, 37 the growing domain in the PVDF-TrFE nanomesa acquires a profoundly irregular shape, which can be an indication of a high degree of nonuniformity in the local switching potential. Because of this feature, extraction of a precise value for the wall velocity from the obtained data is difficult.…”

Dynamics of ferroelectric domain growth in the field of atomic force microscope

“…Domain growth dynamics was studied recently in ultrathin ͑0.85 m thick͒ LN crystals of stoichiometric composition. 13 In this work we perform experimental studies of domain breakdown kinetics in bulk stoichiometric LN crystals, and further develop the theory of domain growth kinetics for bulk and ultrathin crystals. We show that this theory can quantitatively explain our experimental data and the observed large difference in domain growth process between bulk and ultrathin ferroelectric crystals.…”