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Progress in Nanoscale Piezoresponse Force Microscopy on Ferroelectrics

YU Han-Feng; ZENG Hua-Rong; CHU Rui-Qing; LI Guo-Rong; YIN Qing-Rui   

  1. State Key Lab of High Performance Ceramics and Superfine Microstructure; Shanghai Institute of Ceramics; Chinese Academy of Sciences; Shanghai 200050; China
  • Received:2004-03-01 Revised:2004-04-07 Published:2005-03-20 Online:2005-03-20

Abstract: Piezoresponse force microscopy, developed on the base of atomic force microscopy, is a technology of detecting the deflection of the sample surface under alternating electric field according to the converse piezoelectric effect. It has been used to research on nanoscale three-dimensional image of ferroelectric domains, dynamical behavior of domains, control of domain and characterization of local physical properties. This review is involved with the latest progress in piezoresponse force microscopy on ferroelectric materials.

Key words: piezoresponse force microscopy, nanoscale, ferroelectric domain, local property

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