Korean Journal of Materials Research, Vol.19, No.6, 300-304, June, 2009
Scanning Force Microscope에 의한 (001) PMN-x%PT 단결정의 도메인 구조에 대한 연구
Investigation of Domain Structure in (001) PMN-x%PT Crystals by Scanning Force Microscope
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The domain structures of annealed (001)-oriented Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-x%PbTiO3 (PMN-x%PT) crystals for x = 10, 20, 30, 35, and 40 at% were investigated by Polarized Optical Microscopy (POM) and Scanning Force Microscopy (SFM) in the piezoresponse mode. Both Polar Nano-Domains (PND) and long strip-like domains were clearly observed. The results also showed how the domain structure changed between phases with an increasing x in the PMN-x%PT crystals and the domain hierarchy on various length scales ranging from 40 nm to 0.1 mm. Distorted pseudo-cubic phase (x < 20%) consisted of PNDs that did not self-assemble into macro-domain plates. The rhombohedral phase (x = 30%) consistedof PNDs that began to self-assemble into colonies along preferred {110} planes. The monoclinic phase (x = 35%) consisted of miniature polar domains on the nm scale, whereas, the tetragonal phase (x = 40%) consisted of {001} oriented lamella domains on the mm scale that had internal nano-scale heterogeneities, which self-assembled into macro-domain plates oriented along {001} the mm scale.
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