Imaging and engineering the nanoscale-domain structure of a Sr0.61Ba0.39Nb2O6 crystal using a scanning force microscope

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Terabe, K

Takekawa, S

Nakamura, M

Kitamura, K

Higuchi, S

Gotoh, Y

Gruverman, A

机构：

[1] Natl Inst Mat Sci, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 3050044, Japan

[2] Sci Univ Tokyo, Noda, Chiba 2788501, Japan

[3] N Carolina State Univ, Dept Mat Sci & Engn, Raleigh, NC 27695 USA

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APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS | 2002年 / 81卷 / 11期

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10.1063/1.1506945

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O59 [应用物理学];

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摘要：

We have investigated the ferroelectric domain structure formed in a Sr0.61Ba0.39Nb2O6 single crystal by cooling the crystal through the Curie point. Imaging the etched surface structure using a scanning force microscope (SFM) in both the topographic mode and the piezoresponse mode revealed that a multidomain structure of nanoscale islandlike domains was formed. The islandlike domains could be inverted by applying an appropriate voltage using a conductive SFM tip. Furthermore, a nanoscale periodically inverted-domain structure was artificially fabricated using the crystal which underwent poling treatment. (C) 2002 American Institute of Physics.

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