{"id":1080,"date":"2019-01-14T19:17:17","date_gmt":"2019-01-14T18:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nanoworld.com\/blog\/?p=1080"},"modified":"2023-04-18T12:59:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-18T11:59:40","slug":"ferroelectric-domains-and-phase-transition-of-sol-gel-processed-epitaxial-sm-doped-bifeo3-001-thin-films","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nanoworld.com\/blog\/ferroelectric-domains-and-phase-transition-of-sol-gel-processed-epitaxial-sm-doped-bifeo3-001-thin-films\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferroelectric domains and phase transition of sol-gel processed epitaxial Sm-doped BiFeO3 (001) thin films"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Read how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nanoworld.com\/electrostatic-force-microscopy-afm-tip-arrow-efm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nanoworld Arrow-EFM AFM probes<\/a> were used in the paper &#8220;Ferroelectric\u00a0domains and phase transition of sol-gel processed epitaxial Sm-doped BiFeO3 (001) thin films&#8221; in which the authors Zhen Zhou, Wie Sun, Zhenyu Liao, Shuai Ning, Jing Zhu and Jing-Feng Li:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>prepared 12% Sm-doped BiFeO3 epitaxial thin films on Nb-doped SrTiO3 (001) substrate via a sol-gel method<\/li>\n<li>used PFM (piezoresponse force microscopy) to characterize the in-situ ferroelectric domain evolution from room temperature to 200 \u00b0C<\/li>\n<li>illustrated a phase transition from ferroelectric to antiferroelectric phase by SS-PFM and found a significant piezoelectric response at the phase boundary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Their work revealed the origin of the high piezoresponse of Sm-doped BiFeO3 thin films at the morphotropic phase boundary (MPB).*<\/p>\n<p>A PtIr-coated <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nanoworld.com\/electrostatic-force-microscopy-afm-tip-arrow-efm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NanoWorld Arrow-EFM cantilever<\/a> with a nominal spring constant of 2.8 N\/m and a typical resonant frequency of 75 kHz was used in all imaging modes mentioned in the article.<\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_1086\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1086\" style=\"width: 713px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dhipgo7nn2tea.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/14185521\/figure-3-from-Ferroelectric-domains-and-phase-transition-of-sol-gel-processed-epitaxial-Sm-doped-BiFeO3-001-thin-films.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1086\" src=\"https:\/\/dhipgo7nn2tea.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/14185521\/figure-3-from-Ferroelectric-domains-and-phase-transition-of-sol-gel-processed-epitaxial-Sm-doped-BiFeO3-001-thin-films.jpg\" alt=\"Figure 3 from \u201cFerroelectric domains and phase transition of sol-gel processed epitaxial Sm-doped BiFeO3 (001) thin films\u201d by Zhen Zhou et al. : PFM scanning results of the sample at 20 \u00b0C, 80 \u00b0C, 140 \u00b0C and 200 \u00b0C, (a)-(d) out-of-plane phase, (e)-(h) out-of-plane amplitude, (i)-(l) in-plane phase, and (m)-(p) in-plane amplitude. NanoWorld Arrow-EFM AFM probes were used in all imaging modes.\" width=\"713\" height=\"680\" data-wp-pid=\"1086\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dhipgo7nn2tea.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/14185521\/figure-3-from-Ferroelectric-domains-and-phase-transition-of-sol-gel-processed-epitaxial-Sm-doped-BiFeO3-001-thin-films.jpg 713w, https:\/\/dhipgo7nn2tea.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/14185521\/figure-3-from-Ferroelectric-domains-and-phase-transition-of-sol-gel-processed-epitaxial-Sm-doped-BiFeO3-001-thin-films-300x286.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dhipgo7nn2tea.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/14185521\/figure-3-from-Ferroelectric-domains-and-phase-transition-of-sol-gel-processed-epitaxial-Sm-doped-BiFeO3-001-thin-films-661x630.jpg 661w, https:\/\/dhipgo7nn2tea.cloudfront.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/14185521\/figure-3-from-Ferroelectric-domains-and-phase-transition-of-sol-gel-processed-epitaxial-Sm-doped-BiFeO3-001-thin-films-657x627.jpg 657w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 713px) 100vw, 713px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1086\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Figure 3 from \u201cFerroelectric domains and phase transition of sol-gel processed epitaxial Sm-doped BiFeO3 (001) thin films\u201d by Zhen Zhou et al. : PFM scanning results of the sample at 20 \u00b0C, 80 \u00b0C, 140 \u00b0C and 200 \u00b0C, (a)-(d) out-of-plane phase, (e)-(h) out-of-plane amplitude, (i)-(l) in-plane phase, and (m)-(p) in-plane amplitude.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br \/>\n*Zhen Zhou, Wie Sun, Zhenyu Liao, Shuai Ning, Jing Zhu, Jing-Feng Li<br \/>\nFerroelectric domains and phase transition of sol-gel processed epitaxial Sm-doped BiFeO3 (001) thin films<\/ul>\n<p>Journal of Materiomics, Volume 4, Issue 1, March 2018, Pages 27-34<br \/>\nDOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1016\/j.jmat.2017.11.002<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Please follow this external link if you would like to read the full article: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2352847817300631\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/pii\/S2352847817300631<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Open Access<\/b> The article \u201cFerroelectric domains and phase transition of sol-gel processed epitaxial Sm-doped BiFeO3 (001) thin films\u201d by Zhen Zhou, Wie Sun, Zhenyu Liao, Shuai Ning, Jing Zhu and Jing-Feng Li is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons license, and indicate if changes were made. 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