Domain polarity and temperature induced potential inversion on the BaTiO3(100) surface

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Kalinin, SV [1 ]
Johnson, CY [1 ]
Bonnell, DA [1 ]
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[1] Univ Penn, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA
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10.1063/1.1446230
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Variable temperature scanning surface potential microscopy is used to determine thermodynamic and kinetic parameters associated with polarization screening on BaTiO3(100) surfaces. The temperature dependence of the surface potential is indicative of the interplay between the fast dynamics of atomic polarization and slower dynamics of screening charge. The screening charge relaxation kinetics are found to be weakly dependent on temperature with activation energy E(a)similar to4 kJ/mole. Equilibrium domain potential difference depends linearly on temperature; the zero potential contrast is observed at similar to110 degreesC. At room temperature the sign of domain potential is determined by the screening charges rather than polarization charge. A thermodynamic model for screening of ferroelectric surfaces based on Ginzburg-Devonshire theory is developed so that the enthalpy and entropy of charge compensation can be derived from the temperature dependence of surface potential contrast. In the case of BaTiO3 in air, the charge compensation mechanism is surface adsorption. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics.
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