Non-piezoelectric effects in piezoresponse force microscopy

D Seol, B Kim, Y Kim - Current Applied Physics, 2017 - Elsevier
Piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) has been used extensively for exploring nanoscale
ferro/piezoelectric phenomena over the past two decades. The imaging mechanism of PFM …

Operando electron microscopy investigation of polar domain dynamics in twisted van der Waals homobilayers

K Ko, A Yuk, R Engelke, S Carr, J Kim, D Park, H Heo… - Nature Materials, 2023 - nature.com
Conventional antiferroelectric materials with atomic-scale anti-aligned dipoles undergo a
transition to a ferroelectric (FE) phase under strong electric fields. The moiré superlattice …

Domains, domain walls and defects in perovskite ferroelectric oxides: A review of present understanding and recent contributions

A Pramanick, AD Prewitt, JS Forrester… - Critical Reviews in …, 2012 - Taylor & Francis
Ferroelectric oxides are used in many modern technologies including sensors, actuators,
thin-film memories and energy harvesting. Ferroelectrics of similar composition often show …

Nonlinear dynamics of domain-wall propagation in epitaxial ferroelectric thin films

JY Jo, SM Yang, TH Kim, HN Lee, JG Yoon, S Park… - Physical review …, 2009 - APS
We investigated the ferroelectric domain-wall propagation in epitaxial Pb (Zr, Ti) O 3 thin film
over a wide temperature range (3–300 K). We measured the domain-wall velocity under …

Ac dynamics of ferroelectric domains from an investigation of the frequency dependence of hysteresis loops

SM Yang, JY Jo, TH Kim, JG Yoon, TK Song… - Physical Review B …, 2010 - APS
We investigated the pinning dominated domain-wall dynamics under an ac field by studying
the frequency (f) dependence of hysteresis loops of a uniaxial ferroelectric (FE) system. We …

Micro-and nanodomain imaging in uniaxial ferroelectrics: Joint application of optical, confocal Raman, and piezoelectric force microscopy

V Ya Shur, PS Zelenovskiy - Journal of Applied Physics, 2014 - pubs.aip.org
The application of the most effective methods of the domain visualization in model uniaxial
ferroelectrics of lithium niobate (LN) and lithium tantalate (LT) family, and relaxor strontium …

In situ observation of domain wall lateral creeping in a ferroelectric capacitor

S Cai, C Guo, B Niu, L Xie, C Addiego… - Advanced Functional …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
As a promising candidate for next‐generation nonvolatile memory devices, ferroelectric
oxide films exhibit many emergent phenomena with functional applications, making …

Built-in voltage in thin ferroelectric PbTiO3 films: the effect of electrostatic boundary conditions

C Lichtensteiger, C Weymann… - New Journal of …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
We have studied the built-in voltage in heterostructures composed of ferroelectric PbTiO 3
and dielectric spacers of SrTiO 3, grown on SrTiO 3 substrates with SrRuO 3 bottom …

Nanoscale studies of defect-mediated polarization switching dynamics in ferroelectric thin film capacitors

SM Yang, JG Yoon, TW Noh - Current Applied Physics, 2011 - Elsevier
Recent developments in ferroelectric (FE) domain imaging techniques have established an
understanding of intriguing polarization switching dynamics. In particular, nanoscale studies …

Nanoscale observation of time‐dependent domain wall pinning as the origin of polarization fatigue

SM Yang, TH Kim, JG Yoon… - Advanced Functional …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The microscopic mechanism of polarization fatigue (ie, a loss of switchable polarization
under electrical cycling) remains one of the most important long‐standing problems in …