High-Resolution Studies of Domain Switching Behavior in Nanostructured Ferroelectric Polymers

Pankaj Sharma; Timothy J. Reece; Stephen Ducharme; Alexei Gruverman

doi:10.1021/nl200221z

High-Resolution Studies of Domain Switching Behavior in Nanostructured Ferroelectric Polymers

Pankaj Sharma, Timothy J. Reece, Stephen Ducharme, Alexei Gruverman

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Abstract

We have demonstrated an effective electrical control of polarization in the individual crystalline nanomesas of the ferroelectric polymer, poly(vinylidene fluoride)-trifluoroethylene (PVDF-TrFE) and its relation to the polymer structure. The mechanism of polarization reversal has been investigated via sub-10 nm real space imaging of domain pattern evolution under an applied electric field. The domain switching behavior revealed in PVDF-TrFE nanomesas is drastically different from that observed in inorganic solid-state crystalline ferroelectrics. The nanoscale features of the switching process include remote domain nucleation and spatially nonuniform wall velocity. Local switching spectroscopy and domain dynamics studies relate the observed switching features to a random-bond type disorder associated with defects in conformation and molecular packing.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1970-1975
Number of pages	6
Journal	Nano Letters
Volume	11
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/nl200221z
Publication status	Published - 11 May 2011
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

disorder
domain switching
ferroelectric polymer
piezoresponse force microscopy

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