Subcritical switching dynamics and humidity effects in nanoscale studies of domain growth in ferroelectric thin films

Ferroelectric domain switching in c -axis-oriented epitaxial Pb(Zr $_{0.2}$ Ti $_{0.8}$ )O _3 thin films was studied using biased scanning probe microscopy tips. While linear and logarithmic dependence of domain size on tip bias and writing time, respectively, are well known, we report an additional...

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Main Authors: Cédric Blaser, Patrycja Paruch
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IOP Publishing 2015-01-01
Series:New Journal of Physics
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/17/1/013002