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TT: Fachverband Tiefe Temperaturen
TT 28: Poster Session on Ferroic Domain Walls - Multiferroics (jointly with DF, KR, MA)
TT 28.8: Poster
Monday, March 16, 2015, 19:00–21:00, Poster C
Evolution of ferroelectric domain patterns in BaTiO3 at the orthorhombic ↔ tetragonal phase transition — •Thorsten Limböck and Elisabeth Soergel — Institute of Physics, University of Bonn, Nussallèe 12, 53115 Bonn, Germany
Domain patterns in barium titanate (BTO) were investigated by piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) using a variable-temperature scanning force microscope. By analyzing the vertical and the lateral PFM images, the directions of polarization of the individual domains, i. e. 6 directions for the tetragonal and 12 for the orthorhombic phase, could be identified. The change of a domain pattern when submitting the crystal to a temperature ramp between +20∘ and −20∘ synchronized to the PFM scanning process, was directly monitored. Finally, the possible conversions between specific domain orientations upon heating/cooling the crystal across the phase transition were experimentally confirmed.