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    Spatial variation of ferroelectric properties in Pb(Zr-0.3, Ti-0.7)O-3 thin films studied by atomic force microscopy
    Imaging of the phase and magnitude of the piezoelectric strain in Pb(Zr-0.3, Ti-0.7)O-3 (PZT) capacitors is performed with an atomic force microscope. The imaging reveals a significant spatial dependence of the ferroelectric properties of both fatigued and unfatigued PZT films. We propose that the variation is related to the domain structure of the PZT. Through the measurement of local piezoelectric hysteresis loops and imaging of the piezoelectric strain, areas are observed in fatigued PZT that exhibit hysteresis loops shifted along the polarization axis. In some regions of fatigued samples, the hysteresis loops are shifted such that both remanent points of the hysteresis curve have the same polarization direction. These results have important implications for the scalability of nonvolatile ferroelectric random access memory to higher device densities. (C) 2000 American Institute of Physics. [S0021-8979(00)09811-X].
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    Imaging mechanism of piezoresponse force microscopy in capacitor structures
    (American Institute of Physics, 2008-04-18) ; ; ;
    The image formation mechanism in piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) of capacitor structures is analyzed. We demonstrate that the spatial resolution is a bilinear function of film and top electrode thicknesses and derive the corresponding analytical expressions. For many perovskites, the opposite contributions of d(31) and d(33) components can result in anomalous domain wall profiles. This analysis establishes the applicability limits of PFM for polarization dynamics studies in capacitors and applies them to other structural probes, including focused x-ray studies of capacitor structures. (c) 2008 American Institute of Physics.
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