Time evolution of surface topography around a domain wall in ferroelectric (NH2CH2COOH)(3)center dot H2SO4

被引:8
作者
Ohgami, J
Sugawara, Y
Morita, S
Nakamura, E
Ozaki, T
机构
[1] OSAKA UNIV,FAC ENGN,DEPT ELECT ENGN,SUITA,OSAKA 565,JAPAN
[2] HIROSHIMA UNIV,FAC SCI,DEPT MAT SCI,HIGASHIHIROSHIMA 739,JAPAN
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS | 1996年 / 35卷 / 9B期
关键词
surface topography; time evolution; ferroelectrics; domain wall; TGS; AFM;
D O I
10.1143/JJAP.35.5174
中图分类号
O59 [应用物理学];
学科分类号
摘要
Time evolution of surface topography around a domain wall was investigated on a cleaved (010) surface of ferroelectric (NH2CH2COOH)(3) . H2SO4 (TGS) using an atomic force microscope (AFM). We found the following time evolution of the surface topography during 32 hours in air at room temperature. First the migration of the domain wall induced the migration of a small step on the domain wall. The height of the small step decreased from 2-3 Angstrom to 0-1 Angstrom. Holes having a narrow and long tail extending to the domain wall were transformed. Parts of cleavage steps crossing the domain wall were also transformed. Round holes and islands with diameters smaller than similar to 100 nm shrank in size.
引用
收藏
页码:5174 / 5177
页数:4
相关论文
共 21 条
[1]   DIRECT OBSERVATION OF DOMAIN-STRUCTURES IN TRIGLYCINE SULFATE BY ATOMIC-FORCE MICROSCOPE [J].
BAE, MK ;
HORIUCHI, T ;
HARA, K ;
ISHIBASHI, Y ;
MATSUSHIGE, K .
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 1-REGULAR PAPERS SHORT NOTES & REVIEW PAPERS, 1994, 33 (3A) :1390-1393
[2]   Surface structure of ferroelectric domains on the triglycine sulfate (010) surface [J].
Bluhm, H ;
Wiesendanger, R ;
Meyer, KP .
JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B, 1996, 14 (02) :1180-1183
[3]   DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE FORCES MEASURED BY AN OPTICAL-LEVER DEFLECTION AND BY OPTICAL INTERFEROMETER IN AN ATOMIC-FORCE MICROSCOPE [J].
FUJISAWA, S ;
OHTA, M ;
KONISHI, T ;
SUGAWARA, Y ;
MORITA, S .
REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS, 1994, 65 (03) :644-647
[4]  
Fujisawa S., 1993, Microbeam Analysis, V2, P311
[5]   DOMAIN-STRUCTURE AND POLARIZATION REVERSAL IN FERROELECTRICS STUDIED BY ATOMIC-FORCE MICROSCOPY [J].
GRUVERMAN, A ;
KOLOSOV, O ;
HATANO, J ;
TAKAHASHI, K ;
TOKUMOTO, H .
JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B, 1995, 13 (03) :1095-1099
[6]   STATIC AND DYNAMIC STRUCTURES OF FERROELECTRIC DOMAINS STUDIED WITH SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY [J].
Haefke, H. ;
Luthi, R. ;
Meyer, K. -P. ;
Guntherodt, H. -J. .
FERROELECTRICS, 1994, 151 (01) :143-149
[7]   AFM OBSERVATION OF 90-DEGREES DOMAINS OF BATIO3 BUTTERFLY CRYSTALS [J].
HAMAZAKI, SI ;
SHIMIZU, F ;
KOJIMA, S ;
TAKASHIGE, M .
JOURNAL OF THE PHYSICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN, 1995, 64 (10) :3660-3663
[8]   OBSERVATION OF ATOMIC STEPS ON VICINAL SI(111) ANNEALED IN HYDROGEN GAS-FLOW BY SCANNING-TUNNELING-MICROSCOPY [J].
KITAHARA, K ;
UEDA, O .
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS PART 2-LETTERS & EXPRESS LETTERS, 1993, 32 (12B) :L1826-L1829
[9]   NANOSCALE VISUALIZATION AND CONTROL OF FERROELECTRIC DOMAINS BY ATOMIC-FORCE MICROSCOPY [J].
KOLOSOV, O ;
GRUVERMAN, A ;
HATANO, J ;
TAKAHASHI, K ;
TOKUMOTO, H .
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS, 1995, 74 (21) :4309-4312
[10]   STATICS AND DYNAMICS OF FERROELECTRIC DOMAINS STUDIED WITH SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY [J].
LUTHI, R ;
HAEFKE, H ;
GUTMANNSBAUER, W ;
MEYER, E ;
HOWALD, L ;
GUNTHERODT, HJ .
JOURNAL OF VACUUM SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY B, 1994, 12 (04) :2451-2455