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Scanning Force Microscopy Studies of Domain Structure in BaTiO3 Single Crystals

Alexei L. Gruverman, Jun Hatano1 and Hiroshi Tokumoto

Joint Research Center for Atom Technology (JRCAT), Angstrom Technology Partnership, 1-1-4 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan 1Science University of Tokyo, Department of Materials Science and Technology, Noda, Chiba 278, Japan 2JRCAT, National Institute for Advanced Interdisciplinary Research, 1-1-4 Higashi, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305, Japan

(Received October 7, 1996; accepted for publication January 8, 1997)

Domain structure of barium titanate single crystals has been studied by scanning force microscopy (SFM). In the SFM topography mode, a–c-domain contrast was observed due to surface deformation as a result of lattice distortion on the domain wall separating a- and c-domains. The variety of configurations in which a- and c-domains are arranged results in complex topography of the crystal surface. Antiparallel c-domains of submicron size were produced by applying a voltage bias to the SFM tip and subsequently imaged in the SFM piezoresponse mode with a resolution of less than 20 nm.

URL: http://jjap.jsap.jp/link?JJAP/36/2207/
DOI: 10.1143/JJAP.36.2207


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