Ferroelectric stripe domains on PZT (AFAM)
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Ferroelectric stripe domains on PZT (AFAM)

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AFM Topography and Atomic Force Acoustic Microscopy(AFAM) images of PZT.

Sample courtesy of Prof. Walter Arnold, Fraunhofer Institute for Nondestructive Testing, Saarbruecken, Germany.


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AFM. Semicontact mode.


size: 2.5x2.5x0.003 um
SPM principle: Intermittent contact mode
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Ferroelectric stripe domains on PZT (AFAM)

Atomic Force Acoustic Microscopy(AFAM) image.

Stripe ferroelectric domain structure are clearly visible on AFAM image due to the difference in local Youngs moduli of domains of different polarization.
size: 2.5x2.5x0.003 um

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