Complex domain structure in relaxed PbTiO3 thick films grown on (100)cSrRuO3//(100)SrTiO3 substrates

Authors

• Shintaro Yasui, Tokyo Institute of TechnologyFollow
• Yoshitaka Ehara, Tokyo Institute of Technology
• Satoru Utsugi, Tokyo Institute of TechnologyFollow
• Mitsumasa Nakajima, Tokyo Institute of Technology
• Hiroshi Funakubo, Tokyo Institute of TechnologyFollow
• Alexei Gruverman, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

2012

Citation

JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS 112, 052001 (2012); http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.4746078

Comments

Copyright 2012 American Institute of Physics. Used by permission.

Abstract

Domain structures of epitaxial PbTiO₃ films grown on (100)_cSrRuO₃//(100)SrTiO₃ substrates by metalorganic chemical vapor deposition were investigated by x-ray diffraction (XRD) and piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) techniques. It was found that with increasing film thickness, the domain structure changed from simple (001) polarization orientation to a complicated mixture of (001) and (100) orientations. PFM mappings showed that in the thicker films (~1100 nm), the zigzag (001)/(100) domain boundaries made an angle of approximately 87° instead of 90° typically observed in (001)/(100) domain patterns in thinner (<300 nm) films. Full-relaxed tilting angle θ₁+ θ₂+θ₃=3.4° obtained from cross-sectional profile analysis of topological step-terrace structure was in good agreement with 3.4° and 3.6° angle values obtained from XRD measurements and theoretical prediction, respectively.