Ferroelectrics have a spontaneous electrical polarization that is arranged into domains and
can be reversed by an externally-applied field. This high versatility makes them useful in …

Piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) is widely used for characterization and exploration
of the nanoscale properties of ferroelectrics. However, quantification of the PFM signal is …

With the continued demand for ultrahigh density ferroelectric data storage applications, it is
becoming increasingly important to scale the dimension of ferroelectrics down to the …

One of the general features of ferroelectric systems is a complex nature of polarization
reversal, which involves domain nucleation and motion of domain walls. Here, time …

Perovskite ferroelectric thin films exhibit unique dielectric and piezoelectric properties owing
to their internal polarized domains that accommodate the out‐of‐plane (ferroelectric) and in …

Recent developments in ferroelectric (FE) domain imaging techniques have established an
understanding of intriguing polarization switching dynamics. In particular, nanoscale studies …

Spatially resolved polarization switching in ferroelectric nanocapacitors was studied on the
sub-25 nm scale using the first-order reversal curve (FORC) method. The chosen capacitor …

A high speed variation of Scanning Probe Microscopy with continuous image rates on the
order of 1 frame per second is applied to investigate the nucleation and growth of individual …

Piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) is a robust characterization technique to explore
ferroelectric properties at the nanoscale. However, the PFM signal can lead to …

Nanoscale switching dynamics in spin-coated ferroelectric copolymer films of polyvinylidene
fluoride–trifluoroethylene (PVDF–TrFE 75/25) has been investigated via high-resolution real …