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JOURNAL OF APPLIED PHYSICS
Volume 108, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
AMER INST PHYSICS
DOI: 10.1063/1.3525593
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- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
- NTNU NanoLab
- Research Council of Norway (NANOMAT) [158518/431, 162874]
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In this work we demonstrate by transmission electron microscopy and piezoresponse force spectroscopy that the polarization direction in hydrothermally synthesized lead titanate (PbTiO3) nanorods can be changed from parallel to the nanorod axis to perpendicular to it by a simple heat treatment above the Curie temperature. The heat treatment also introduced 90 degrees domains, caused a rearrangement of the surface and a reduction in the amounts of defects. The polarization of the heat-treated nanorods could be successively switched in the direction perpendicular to the nanorod axis. This control of the polarization in PbTiO3 nanorods opens up possibilities of tailoring the ferroelectric properties and is therefore highly relevant for the use of ferroelectric nanorods in devices. (C) 2010 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3525593]
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