Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2007-02-08
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
22 pages, 6 figures, 1 appendix, invited paper for special issue of Ferroelectrics devoted to academician V.L.Ginsburg anniver
Scientific paper
Piezoresponse Force Spectroscopy (PFS) has emerged as a powerful tool for probing polarization dynamics on the nanoscale. Application of a dc bias to a nanoscale probe in contact with a ferroelectric surface results in the nucleation and growth of a ferroelectric domain below the probe apex. The latter affects local electromechanical response detected by the probe. Resulting hysteresis loop contains information on local ferroelectric switching. The self-consistent analysis of the PFS data requires (a) deriving the thermodynamic parameters of domain nucleation and (b) establishing the relationships between domain parameters and PFM signal. Here, we analyze the effect of screening at the domain wall on local polarization reversal mechanism. It is shown that the screening control both the domain nucleation activation energy and hysteresis loop saturation rate.
Eliseev Eugene A.
Kalinin Sergei V.
Morozovska Anna N.
Svechnikov Sergei V.
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