Journal
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 351, Issue -, Pages 531-536Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.05.172
Keywords
Piezoresponse force microscopy; Conductive atomic force microscopy; Local piezoelectric hysteresis loops; Co-deposited thin film; BiFeO3; (Fe,Zn)(3)O-4
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For this study, a BiFeO3 (BFO) perovskite/(Fe,Zn)(3)O-4 (FZO) spinel sample grown on SrTiO3 : Nb (001) has been prepared using pulsed laser deposition with a single target composition of (Bi1.1FeO3)(0.65)(Fe2.2Zn0.8O4)(0.35) The nanoscale electrical properties of ferroelectric BFO/semi-conducting FZO thin film have been investigated using piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) and conductive-atomic force microscopy (C-AFM). Scanning probe methods reveal that BFO grows as nano-islets with a complex structure which is coherent with the cross-sectional high-angle annular dark-field scanning transmission electron microscopy (HAADF-STEM) images. The comparison between nanoscale electrical techniques and HAADF-STEM images have allowed to understand the origin of the different physical properties of the multiferroic/magnetoconductive co-deposited thin film at the nanoscale. By using PFM/C-AFM techniques, we were able to fully distinguish BFO and FZO materials in the nanostructured sample without using destructive material characterization methods. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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