Table 1773. Techniques that is used to analyze ferroelectric materials.
Techniques |
Obtainable information |
Disadvantage |
Remark |
Reference |
Atomic force microscopy |
Domain structure |
Lack of quantitative information on orientation, strain & mesoscale dynamics within domains |
|
[5, 6] |
EBSD |
Domain structure |
Lack of quantitative information on orientation, strain & mesoscale dynamics within domains |
|
[4] |
Neutron diffraction |
|
Cannot apply to nanostructures due to its spatial resolution limitation |
|
|
Optical microscopy |
Domain structure |
Lack of quantitative information on orientation, strain & mesoscale dynamics within domains |
|
[5, 6] |
Synchrotron-based polychromatic Scanning XRay
Microdiffraction (μSXRD) |
Non-destructive, great penetration depth (> 20μm), strain resolution
(0.02%), crystallite orientation precision (0.01°) |
Cannot apply to nanostructures due to its spatial resolution limitation |
|
[7] |
XRD |
Long range average |
Cannot apply to nanostructures due to its spatial resolution limitation |
|
|
CBED in CTEM mode |
|
|
Cannot apply to nanostructures |
|
CBED in STEM mode |
Two-dimensional (2D) distribution of small atomic displacements (~10 pm) |
|
The sensitivity to displacement is greater than other techniques (e.g. DPC) |
[9] |
TEM |
Domain structure |
Lack of quantitative information on orientation, strain & mesoscale dynamics within domains |
|
[1,2] |
Differential phase-contrast (DPC) imaging based on STEM |
Polarizations of domains in atomic resolution |
|
|
[8] |
White beam topography |
Domain structure |
Lack of quantitative information on orientation, strain & mesoscale dynamics within domains |
|
[3] |
XAFS/EXAFS |
Local order, local spatial and electronic structure, local distortions of crystal lattice |
|
|
|
Capacitance measurements |
|
|
With Keithley 3330 LCZ meter at 0.1, 1, 10, and
100 kHz by heating to 150°C with 5°C/min heating rate and cooling back to room temperature |
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