Ferroelectric domains in epitaxial PbxSr1−xTiO3 thin films investigated using X-ray diffraction and piezoresponse force microscopy

S. Fernandez-Peña; C. Lichtensteiger; P. Zubko; C. Weymann; S. Gariglio; J.-M. Triscone

doi:10.1063/1.4960621

APL Materials (Aug 2016)

Ferroelectric domains in epitaxial PbxSr1−xTiO3 thin films investigated using X-ray diffraction and piezoresponse force microscopy

S. Fernandez-Peña,
C. Lichtensteiger,
P. Zubko,
C. Weymann,
S. Gariglio,
J.-M. Triscone

Affiliations

S. Fernandez-Peña: DQMP, University of Geneva, 24 Quai E. Ansermet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
C. Lichtensteiger: DQMP, University of Geneva, 24 Quai E. Ansermet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
P. Zubko: London Centre for Nanotechnology and Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London, 17–19 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0HA, United Kingdom
C. Weymann: DQMP, University of Geneva, 24 Quai E. Ansermet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
S. Gariglio: DQMP, University of Geneva, 24 Quai E. Ansermet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland
J.-M. Triscone: DQMP, University of Geneva, 24 Quai E. Ansermet, 1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4960621
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 8
pp. 086105 – 086105-8

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We present a detailed study of compressively strained PbxSr1−xTiO3 thin films grown by off-axis radio frequency magnetron sputtering on (001)-oriented Nb-doped SrTiO3 substrates. Film tetragonality and the ferroelectric critical temperatures are measured for samples of different composition and thickness and compared with a phenomenological Landau-Devonshire model. 180∘ ferroelectric domains are observed using both X-ray diffraction and piezoresponse force microscopy and domain sizes obtained by the two techniques are compared and discussed.

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