Recent progress in the nanoscale evaluation of piezoelectric and ferroelectric properties via scanning probe microscopy

O Kwon, D Seol, H Qiao, Y Kim - Advanced Science, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Piezoelectric and ferroelectric materials have garnered significant interest owing to their
excellent physical properties and multiple potential applications. Accordingly, the need for …

Applications of piezoresponse force microscopy in materials research: from inorganic ferroelectrics to biopiezoelectrics and beyond

D Denning, J Guyonnet… - International Materials …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) probes the mechanical deformation of a sample in
response to an electric field applied with the tip of an atomic force microscope. Originally …

[HTML][HTML] Domains and domain dynamics in fluorite-structured ferroelectrics

DH Lee, Y Lee, K Yang, JY Park, SH Kim… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
Ferroelectricity in fluorite-structured ferroelectrics such as HfO 2 and ZrO 2 has been
attracting increasing interest since its first publication in 2011. Fluorite-structured …

Stable Subloop Behavior in Ferroelectric Si-Doped HfO2

K Lee, HJ Lee, TY Lee, HH Lim, MS Song… - … applied materials & …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The recent demand for analogue devices for neuromorphic applications requires modulation
of multiple nonvolatile states. Ferroelectricity with multiple polarization states enables …

High-resolution studies of domain switching behavior in nanostructured ferroelectric polymers

P Sharma, TJ Reece, S Ducharme, A Gruverman - Nano letters, 2011 - ACS Publications
We have demonstrated an effective electrical control of polarization in the individual
crystalline nanomesas of the ferroelectric polymer, poly (vinylidene fluoride) …

The spin state of a molecular adsorbate driven by the ferroelectric substrate polarization

X Zhang, T Palamarciuc, JF Létard, P Rosa… - Chemical …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The spin state of [Fe (H2B (pz) 2) 2 (bipy)] thin films is mediated by changes in the electric
field at the interface of organic ferroelectric polyvinylidene fluoride with trifluoroethylene …

Nanoscale investigation of ferroelectric properties in electrospun barium titanate/polyvinylidene fluoride composite fibers using piezoresponse force microscopy

A Baji, YW Mai, Q Li, Y Liu - Composites Science and Technology, 2011 - Elsevier
Ferroelectric nanostructures have broad applications in nanoscale electronic devices,
sensors and actuators. In this study, a two-step electrospinning process was used to …

Well‐defined copolymers based on poly (vinylidene fluoride): From preparation and phase separation to application

VSD Voet, G ten Brinke, K Loos - Journal of Polymer Science …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
ABSTRACT Poly (vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF) has reached the second largest production
volume of fluoropolymers in recent years, and its popularity can be ascribed to high thermal …

Piezoelectric and electrostatic properties of electrospun PVDF‐TrFE nanofibers and their role in electromechanical transduction in nanogenerators and strain sensors

F Calavalle, M Zaccaria, G Selleri… - Macromolecular …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Piezo‐and ferroelectric nanofibers of the polymer poly (vinylidenefluoride)(PVDF) have
been widely employed in strain and pressure sensors as well as nanogenerators for energy …

Ferroelectric properties and polarization switching kinetic of poly (vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) copolymer

D Mao, BE Gnade… - Ferroelectrics-Physical …, 2011 - books.google.com
The discovery of the piezoelectric properties of poly (vinylidene fluoride)(PVDF) by Kawai
[Kawai, 1969], and the study of its pyroelectric and nonlinear optical properties [Bergman et …