Nanoscale investigation of fatigue effects in Pb(Zr,Ti)O-3 films

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Gruverman, A [1 ]
Auciello, O [1 ]
Tokumoto, H [1 ]
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[1] MCNC,DIV ELECT TECHNOL,RES TRIANGLE PK,NC 27709
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10.1063/1.117957
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Scanning force microscopy has been used to perform a comparative nanoscale study of domain structures and switching behavior of Pb(ZrxTi1-x)O-3 (PZT) thin films integrated into heterostructures with different electrodes. The study revealed a significant difference between polarization state of as-deposited PZT films on RuO2 and Pt electrodes. The PZT/RuO2 films exhibit polydomain crystallites and show almost symmetric switching behavior, while the PZT/Pt films are mainly in a single polarity state and exhibit highly asymmetric piezoelectric hysteresis loops. Formation of unswitchable polarization within the grains of submicron size as a result of fatigue process was directly observed. (C) 1996 American Institute of Physics.
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