Materials Contrast in Piezoresponse Force Microscopy
arXiv:cond-mat/0603010 · doi:10.1063/1.2206992
Abstract
Piezoresponse Force Microscopy contrast in transversally isotropic material corresponding to the case of c+ - c- domains in tetragonal ferroelectrics is analyzed using Green's function theory by Felten et al. [J. Appl. Phys. 96, 563 (2004)]. A simplified expression for PFM signal as a linear combination of relevant piezoelectric constant are obtained. This analysis is extended to piezoelectric material of arbitrary symmetry with weak elastic and dielectric anisotropies. This result provides a framework for interpretation of PFM signals for systems with unknown or poorly known local elastic and dielectric properties, including nanocrystalline materials, ferroelectric polymers, and biopolymers.
20 pages, 3 figures, 1 table, accepted to Appl. Phys. Lett. (without Appendices), algebraic errors were corrected
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