TY - CPAPER KW - Nanostructured materials KW - In situ KW - Nanotechnology KW - Switching KW - Direct observations KW - Growth mechanisms KW - Domain switching dynamics KW - Image acquisition KW - Consecutive images KW - Domain nucleations KW - Domain switching KW - Force microscopies KW - High speeds KW - Nanoseconds KW - Nanoscale KW - Nanoscale measurements KW - Switching energies KW - Switching speeds KW - Temporal resolutions AU - R Nath AU - N Polomoff AU - J Bosse AU - Y.H Chu AU - Ramamoorthy Ramesh AU - B.D Huey AB - High Speed Piezo Force Microscopy (HSPFM) is a new variation of Atomic Force Miroscopy (AFM) for direct nanoscale measurements of domain switching dynamics. Image acquisition is accelerated from several minutes for standard piezo force microscopy to as fast as a fraction of a second for HSPFM. Movies of consecutive images during in-situ domain switching therefore allow high spatial and temporal resolution, with less than 500 nanosecond poling per pixel achieved. The influence of individual defects on domain nucleation, growth mechanisms, switching speed, and switching energy are therefore uniquely apparent. BT - IEEE International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics DO - 10.1109/ISAF.2008.4693907 LA - eng N1 - cited By 0 N2 - High Speed Piezo Force Microscopy (HSPFM) is a new variation of Atomic Force Miroscopy (AFM) for direct nanoscale measurements of domain switching dynamics. Image acquisition is accelerated from several minutes for standard piezo force microscopy to as fast as a fraction of a second for HSPFM. Movies of consecutive images during in-situ domain switching therefore allow high spatial and temporal resolution, with less than 500 nanosecond poling per pixel achieved. The influence of individual defects on domain nucleation, growth mechanisms, switching speed, and switching energy are therefore uniquely apparent. PY - 2008 SN - 1424427444; 9781424427444 T2 - IEEE International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics T3 - IEEE International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics TI - High speed piezo force microscopy: Nanoscale and nanosecond direct observations of domain switching VL - 1 ER -