Minimizing electrostatic interactions from piezoresponse force microscopy via capacitive excitation

• Published in: Theoretical and applied mechanics letters Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 23 - 26
• Main Authors: Zhu, Qingfeng, Esfahani, Ehsan Nasr, Xie, Shuhong, Li, Jiangyu
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2020; Elsevier
• Subjects: Capacitive excitation; Electrostatic interactions; Piezoresponse force microscopy; Capacitive excitation; Electrostatic interactions; Piezoresponse force microscopy

•Capacitive excitation piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) is developed to minimize electrostatic interactions.•The piezoresponse measured by capacitive excitation PFM (ce-PFM) is smaller than conventional PFM.•The domain contrast obtained by ce-PFM is sharper than conventional PFM. Piezoresponse f...