Abnormal domain switching in Pb(Zr,Ti)O-3 thin film capacitors

resumo

Observation of abnormal (against the applied electric field) domain switching in Pb(ZrxTi1-x)O-3 films by piezoresponse force microscopy is reported. In some grains polarization orients opposite to the external field in the presence of the applied field, while the rest of the film volume switches in a normal way. This effect is observed in thin film capacitors which excludes charge injection effect and spontaneous backswitching due the built-in field, which is the possible reason for this behavior. The abnormal switching behavior is attributed to the charge compensation effect at the boundaries of the grains with rhombohedral structure.

palavras-chave

SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY

categoria

Physics

autores

Wu, AY; Vilarinho, PM; Wu, D; Gruverman, A

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The authors acknowledge the financial support of FCT and FEDER, POCI2010 ( POCI/ CTM/ 61071/ 2004 ).

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