Ferroelectrics

Ferroelectric stripe domains on PZT (AFAM)
Mode:AFAM
Scan size:2.5x2.5 µm
Res. frequency:1140 kHz
Source MDT-file:download (64.66 Kb)

AFM Topography and Atomic Force Acoustic Microscopy(AFAM) images of PZT. Stripe ferroelectric domain structure are clearly visible on AFAM image due to the difference in local Young's moduli of domains of different polarization.

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