High-frequency electromechanical imaging of ferroelectrics in a liquid environment

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 5559-5565

  Balke, Nina ^a   Jesse, Stephen ^a   Chu, Ying Hao ^b   Kalinin, Sergei V ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

ferroelectrics; liquid; scanning probe microscopy

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT CONDITIONS; BROAD SPECTRUM; CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES; CONTACT RESONANCE; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; ELECTROCHEMICAL STRAIN; ELECTROMECHANICAL EFFECTS; ELECTROMECHANICAL PHENOMENON; ENERGY STORAGE MATERIALS; EXPERIMENTAL PROBLEMS; FERROELECTRIC DOMAINS; FERROELECTRIC OXIDES; HIGH CONDUCTIVITY; HIGH FREQUENCY HF; LIQUID ENVIRONMENT; LIQUID PHASE; LOW VOLTAGES; MODEL SYSTEM; MULTI-FREQUENCY EXCITATION; NANO-SCALE IMAGING; PIEZORESPONSE; PIEZORESPONSE FORCE MICROSCOPY; PROBING TECHNIQUES; SAMPLE SYSTEM;

DEGRADATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; ENERGY STORAGE; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRICITY; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY;

LIQUIDS;

BISMUTH; FERRIC ION; FERRIC OXIDE; NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL SYSTEM; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BISMUTH; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICRO-ELECTRICAL-MECHANICAL SYSTEMS; MOLECULAR IMAGING; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; SOLUTIONS;

EID: 84862872722     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn301489g     Document Type: Article

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