Ferroelectric hysteresis loops were measured and the temperature evolution of the coercive field traced in [110]-oriented 0.8Pb(Mb1/3Nb2/3)O3–0.2PbTiO3 single crystal in the temperature range from 120 to 300 K at frequencies from 2 to 50 Hz. It was found that the coercive field rised with decreasing temperature in power-law manner at all frequencies. Temperature-dependent hysteresis model was used for approximation of acquired coercive field-temperature dependences. It was shown that nanoscale ferroelectric domains could be created at PMN-20PT surface by voltage pulses applied between the tip of atomic force microscope and bottom electrode at temperatures as low as 100 K.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)77-84
Number of pages8
JournalFerroelectrics
Volume542
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 4 Apr 2019

    Research areas

  • hysteresis, PFM, PMN-PT, polarization, single crystal

    Scopus subject areas

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics

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