Piezoresponse force microscopy has been used for the local characterization of high sensitivity piezoelectric BiScO3-PbTiO3 ceramics with compositions close to the morphotropic phase boundary, with decreasing grain sizes down to 28 nm. The use of this high resolution technique has allowed not only the analysis of the evolution of the ferroelectric domain configurations, with the disappearance of ferroelastic domains at the nanoscale, but also to establish the existence of correlations among the polarization of adjacent single-domain grains and the formation of inversion superdomains. The effect of the grain size reduction on the piezoelectric coefficients was also studied. Finally, piezoelectric loops have been obtained on the smallest grains, and some distinctive features, such as an atypical clockwise hysteresis is discussed and related to high resistivity grain boundaries.
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28 September 2014
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September 26 2014
Local characterization of nanostructured high sensitivity piezoelectric BiScO3-PbTiO3 ceramics by piezoresponse force microscopy
Norberto Salazar;
Norberto Salazar
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Nanotec Electrónica S.L
, Tres Cantos, 28760 Madrid, Spain
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Miguel Algueró;
Miguel Algueró
2
Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid
, CSIC, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Harvey Amorín;
Harvey Amorín
2
Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid
, CSIC, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Alicia Castro;
Alicia Castro
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Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid
, CSIC, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Adriana Gil;
Adriana Gil
1
Nanotec Electrónica S.L
, Tres Cantos, 28760 Madrid, Spain
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Jesús Ricote
Jesús Ricote
2
Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid
, CSIC, Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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J. Appl. Phys. 116, 124108 (2014)
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Received:
July 05 2014
Accepted:
September 17 2014
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Norberto Salazar, Miguel Algueró, Harvey Amorín, Alicia Castro, Adriana Gil, Jesús Ricote; Local characterization of nanostructured high sensitivity piezoelectric BiScO3-PbTiO3 ceramics by piezoresponse force microscopy. J. Appl. Phys. 28 September 2014; 116 (12): 124108. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4896731
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