Epitaxial Lead Zirconate Titanate Nanocrystals Obtained by a Self-Patterning Method
Titel:
Epitaxial Lead Zirconate Titanate Nanocrystals Obtained by a Self-Patterning Method
Auteur:
Szafraniak, I. Chu, M. -W. Harnagea, C. Scholz, R. Hesse, D. Alexe, M.
Verschenen in:
Integrated ferroelectrics
Paginering:
Jaargang 61 (2004) nr. 1 pagina's 231-238
Jaar:
2004
Inhoud:
Epitaxial lead zirconate titanate nanoislands were obtained by a self-patterning method using the instability of ultrathin films during high-temperature treatments. After high-temperature annealing, the as-deposited film breaks into islands with a narrow size distribution. Nanostructures, as small as 20 nm lateral size with a height of 9 nm, were epitaxially grown on Nb-doped (001) SrTiO3 substrates. The formation of nanostructures was investigated as a function of the initial film thickness and crystallisation condition. Single-crystal nanoislands were studied by scanning and high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy and X-ray diffraction. Ferroelectric switching of several individual islands was investigated by piezoresponse force microscopy.