Piezoresponse force microscopy at sub-room temperatures

Piezoresponse force microscopy is demonstrated at temperatures between -80 °C and +120 °C using a commercial room temperature atomic force microscope upgraded with a home-built cooling/heating-stage. We applied temperature-ramp-synchronized piezoresponse force microscope (PFM) for tracing the temper...

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Published inReview of scientific instruments Vol. 84; no. 4; p. 043703
Main Authors Lilienblum, M, Hoffmann, A, Soergel, E, Becker, P, Bohatý, L, Fiebig, M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.04.2013
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Summary:Piezoresponse force microscopy is demonstrated at temperatures between -80 °C and +120 °C using a commercial room temperature atomic force microscope upgraded with a home-built cooling/heating-stage. We applied temperature-ramp-synchronized piezoresponse force microscope (PFM) for tracing the temperature dependence of the formation of ferroelectric domains. The potential of our sub-room temperature PFM is demonstrated by investigating the formation and evolution of ferroelectric domains in RbHSO4 as a function of temperature and time, respectively.
ISSN:1089-7623
DOI:10.1063/1.4801464