title: Piezoresponse force microscopy at sub-room temperatures.
abstract: Piezoresponse force microscopy is demonstrated at temperatures between -80 °C and +120 °C using a commercial room temperature atomic force microscope upgraded with a home-built cooling/heating-stage. We applied temperature-ramp-synchronized piezoresponse force microscope (PFM) for tracing the temperature dependence of the formation of ferroelectric domains. The potential of our sub-room temperature PFM is demonstrated by investigating the formation and evolution of ferroelectric domains in RbHSO4 as a function of temperature and time, respectively.
authors: Department of Materials, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. martin.lilienblum@mat.ethz.ch
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