FERROIX
The "ferroix" group focuses on fundamental and functional properties of so-called "ferroic" materials (i.e., ferroelectrics, ferro-/antiferro-/ferrimagnetics, ferroelastics, or multiferroics) and of complex oxides (i.e. perovskite oxides) in general. For that purpose a variety of experimental techniques is frequently applied:
- piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM),
- conductive atomic force microscopy (c-AFM),
- Cherenkov second-harmonic generation (CSHG) microscopy,
- current-voltage spectroscopy (with/without optical excitation),
- Hall-effect measurements.
Among others, the ferroix group works on the following topics:
The ferroelectric model system lithium niobate (LiNbO3, LNO)
- visualisation of the domain- and domain wall structure
- comprehensive analysis of the domain wall conductivity and its tunability
- investigation of the influence of doping on the functional properties
- comparison to other ferroelectric systems, such as
barium titanate (BaTiO3, BTO),
lithium tantalate (LiTaO3, LTO),
mixed lithium niobate/tantalate systems (LNT)
Tuning of the ferroic properties by external mechanical stress
- ferroelectric-hysteresis measurements under stress induced by a bending stage (experiments on the model systems bismuth ferrite and lithium niobate)
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