title: Resolution theory, and static and frequency-dependent cross-talk in piezoresponse force microscopy.
abstract: Probing the functionality of materials locally by means of scanning probe microscopy (SPM) requires a reliable framework for identifying the target signal and separating it from the effects of surface morphology and instrument non-idealities, e.g. instrumental and topographical cross-talk. Here we develop a linear resolution theory framework in order to describe the cross-talk effects, and apply it for elucidation of frequency-dependent cross-talk mechanisms in piezoresponse force microscopy. The use of a band excitation method allows electromechanical/electrical and mechanical/topographic signals to be unambiguously separated. The applicability of a functional fit approach and multivariate statistical analysis methods for identification of data in band excitation SPM is explored.
authors.affiliation: The Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jesse
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Rodriguez
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Proksch
authors.forename: S V
authors.initials: SV
authors.lastname: Kalinin