Departmental Papers (ESE)
Abstract
Piezoresponse imaging technique was transplanted from thin film to probe polarization domains and local properties in single electrospun lead zirconate titanate microfibers. The corresponding electric field distribution was numerically analyzed. The biased conic tip is found to produce a field that peaks on its apex and decreases rapidly toward the bottom metal electrode. A strong field exists only in a thin surface region and cannot pole the affected domain even with its magnitude of 108 V/m on the fiber surface.
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
December 2007
Date Posted: 14 February 2008
This document has been peer reviewed.
Comments
Copyright 2007 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. Reprinted in Applied Physics Letters, Volume 91, Article 263108, December 2007, 3 pages.
Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.2827564