Abstract
The authors report charge retention in preferentially (117) oriented and textured c -axis oriented ferroelectric Bi3.25 La0.75 Ti3 O12 thin films by electrostatic force microscopy. Surface charges of the films were observed as a function of time in a selected area which consists of a single-poled region and a reverse-poled region. The highly (117) oriented film shows the extended exponential decay with characteristic scaling exponents, n=1.5-1.6. The preferentially c -axis oriented film shows a remarkable retained behavior regardless of the poling. Decay and retention mechanisms of the regions are explained by space-charge redistribution and trapping of defects in the films.
| Original language | English |
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| Article number | 082901 |
| Journal | Applied Physics Letters |
| Volume | 90 |
| Issue number | 8 |
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| State | Published - 2007 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:This work was by a grant (Code No. 06K1501-02520) from “Center for Nanostructured Materials Technology” under “21st Century Frontier R&D Programs” of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Korea.