Scientific Publications 2000-2009 | Alexei Gruverman

2009

S.Ducharme, and A.Gruverman, “Start the Presses," Nature Materials 8, 9 (2009).
A.Gruverman, D.Wu, H.Lu, Y.Wang, H.W.Jang, C.M.Folkman, M.Ye.Zhuravlev, D.Felker, M.Rzchowski, C.-B.Eom and E.Y.Tsymbal, “Tunneling electroresistance effect in ferroelectric tunnel junctions at the nanoscale," Nano Letters 9, 3539-3543 (2009).
A.Gruverman, “Nanoscale insight into the statics and dynamics of polarization behavior in thin film ferroelectric capacitors," Special Issue of J. Mat. Sci. 44, No 19, 5182 (2009).
D.Wu, I.Kunishima, S.Roberts, and A.Gruverman, “Spatial variations in local switching parameters of FeRAM capacitors," Appl. Phys Lett. 95, 092901 (2009).
P.Sharma, T.J. Reece, D.Wu, V.M.Fridkin, S.Ducharme and A.Gruverman, “Nanoscale Domain Patterns in Ultrathin Polymer Ferroelectric Films," J. Phys: Cond. Matt. 21, 485902-07 (2009).

2008

A.Gruverman, D.Wu, and J.F.Scott, “Piezoresponse Force Microscopy Studies of Switching Behavior of Ferroelectric Capacitors on a 100-ns Timescale," Phys. Rev. Lett. 100, 097601-604 (2008).
A.Gruverman, D.Wu, H.-J.Fan, I.Vrejoiu, M.Alexe, R.J.Harrison, and J.F.Scott, “Vortex Ferroelectric Domains," J. Phys.: Cond. Matt. 20, 342201 (2008).
A.Gruverman, J.S.Cross, and W.S.Oates, “Peculiar Effect of Mechanical Stress on Polarization Stability in Micrometer-Scale Ferroelectric Capacitors," Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 242902-904 (2008).
J.F.Scott, A.Gruverman, D.Wu, I.Vrejoiu, and M.Alexe, “Nanodomain Faceting in Ferroelectrics," J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 20, 425222 (2008).
S.V.Kalinin, B.J.Rodriguez, S.-H.Kim, S.-K.Hong, A.Gruverman, E.A.Eliseev, “Imaging Mechanism of Piezoresponse Force Microscopy in Capacitor Structures," Appl. Phys. Lett. 92, 152906-908 (2008).
H.Nakaki, Y.K.Kim, S.Yokoyama, R.Ikariyama H.Funakubo, S.Streiffer, K.Nishida, K.Saito, and A.Gruverman, “Experimental evidence of strain relaxed domain structure in (100)/(001)-oriented epitaxial lead titanate thick films grown by metal organic chemical vapor deposition," J. Appl. Phys. 104, 064121 (2008).
S.Habicht, R.J.Nemanich, and A.Gruverman, “Physical adsorption on ferroelectric surfaces: photoinduced and thermal effects," Nanotechnology 19, 495303-306 (2008).
A.Wu, P.M.Vilarinho, D.Wu, A.Gruverman, “Abnormal Domain Switching in Pb(Zr,Ti)O₃ Thin Film Capacitors," Appl. Phys. Lett. 93, 262906 (2008).

2007

T.Watanabe, H.Funakubo, M.Osada, H.Uchida, I.Okada, B.J.Rodriguez, and A.Gruverman, “Probing intrinsic polarization properties in bismuth-layered ferroelectric films," Appl. Phys. Lett. 90, 112914 (2007).
Z.Yang, D.Lichtenwalner, A.Morris, S.Menzel, C.Nauenheim, A.Gruverman, J.Krim, and A.I.Kingon, “A new test facility for efficient evaluation of MEMS contact materials," J. Micromech. and Microeng. 17, 1788-1795 (2007).
S.Habelitz, B.J.Rodriguez, S.J.Marshall, G.W.Marshall, S.V.Kalinin, and A.Gruverman, “Peritubular Dentin Lacks Piezoelectricity," J. Dental Res. 86, 908-911 (2007).
A.Gruverman, D.Wu, B.J.Rodriguez, S.V.Kalinin, S.Habelitz, “High-Resolution Imaging of Proteins in Human Teeth by Scanning Probe Microscopy," Biochem. and Biophys. Res. Comm. 352, 142-146 (2007).

2006

J.N.Hanson, B.J.Rodriguez, R.J.Nemanich, and A.Gruverman, “Fabrication of Metallic Nanowires on a Ferroelectric Template via Photochemical Reaction," Nanotechnology 17, 4946-4949 (2006).
B.J.Rodriguez, S.V.Kalinin, J.Shin, S.Jesse, V.Grichko, T.Thundat, A.P.Baddorf, and A.Gruverman, “Electromechanical Imaging of Biomaterials by Scanning Probe Microscopy," J. Structural Biology 153, 151-159 (2006).
A.Gruverman and A.Kholkin, “Nanoscale Ferroelectrics: Processing, Characterization and Future Trends," Rep. Prog. Phys. 69, 2443-2474 (2006).
A.Gruverman, and S.V.Kalinin, “Piezoresponse Force Microscopy and Recent Advances in Nanoscale Studies of Ferroelectrics," J. Mat. Sci. 41, 107-116 (2006).
S.V.Kalinin, B.J.Rodriguez, J.Shin, S.Jesse, V.Grichko, T.Thundat, A.P.Baddorf, and A.Gruverman, “Bioelectromechanical Imaging by Scanning Probe Microscopy: Galvani's Experiment at the Nanoscale," Ultramicroscopy 106, 334-340 (2006).
S.V.Kalinin, B.J.Rodriguez, S.Jesse, J.Shin, A.P.Baddorf, P.Gupta, H. Jain, D.B.Williams, and A.Gruverman, “Vector Piezoresponse Force Microscopy," Microscopy and Microanalysis 12, 206-220 (2006).
M.Dawber, A.Gruverman, and J.F.Scott, “Skyrmion Model of Nano-Domain Nucleation in Ferroelectrics and Ferromagnetics," J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 18, L71-L79 (2006).
A.Agronin, M.Molotski, Y.Rosenwaks, G.Rosenman, B.J.Rodriguez, A.I.Kingon, and A.Gruverman, “Dynamics of Ferroelectric Domain Growth in the Field of Atomic Force Microscope," J. Appl. Phys. 99, 104102-6 (2006).
N.Balke, D.Lupascu, T.Blair, and A.Gruverman, “Thickness Profiles Through Fatigued Bulk Ceramic Lead Zirconate Titanate," J. Appl. Phys. 100, 114117-124 (2006).
T.Kim, J.N.Hanson, A.Gruverman, A.I.Kingon, and S.K.Streiffer, “Ferroelectric Behavior in Nominally Relaxor Lead Lanthanum Zirconate Titanate Thin Films Prepared by Chemical Solution Deposition on Copper Foil," Appl. Phys. Lett. 88, 262907-909 (2006).

2005

S.V.Kalinin, B.J.Rodriguez, S.Jesse, T.Thundat, and A.Gruverman, "Electromechanical Imaging of Biological Systems with sub-10 nm Resolution," Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 053901-903 (2005).
J.Shin, B.J.Rodriguez, A.P.Baddorf, T.Thundat, E.Karapetian, M.Kachanov, A.Gruverman, and S.V.Kalinin, “Simultaneous Elastic and Electromechanical Imaging by Scanning Probe Microscopy: Theory and Applications to Ferroelectric and Biological Materials," J. Vac. Sci. & Technol. B 23, 2102 (2005).
S.V.Kalinin, A.Gruverman, B.J.Rodriguez, J.Shin, A.P.Baddorf, E.Karapetian, and M.Kachanov, "Nanoelectromechanics of Polarization Switching in Piezoresponse Force Microscopy," J. Appl. Phys. 97, 074305 (2005).
A.Gruverman, B.J.Rodriguez, C.Dehoff, J.D.Waldrep, A.I.Kingon, R.J.Nemanich, and J.S.Cross, "Direct Studies of Domain Switching Dynamics in Thin Film Ferroelectric Capacitors," Appl. Phys. Lett. 87, 082902 (2005).
V.Nagarajan, S.Aggarwal, A.Gruverman, R.Ramesh, and R.Waser, "Nanoscale Polarization Relaxation in a Polycrystalline Ferroelectric Thin Film: Role of Local Environments," Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 262910 (2005).
W.-C.Yang, B.J.Rodriguez, A.Gruverman, and R.J.Nemanich, "Photo electron emission microscopy of polarity-patterned materials," J. of Physics-Condensed Matter 17, S1415-S1426 (2005).
B.J.Rodriguez, W.-C.Yang, R.J.Nemanich, and A.Gruverman, "Scanning Probe Investigation of Surface Charge and Surface Potential of GaN-based Heterostructures," Appl. Phys. Lett. 86, 112115 (2005).
B.J.Rodriguez, R J.Nemanich, A.Kingon, S.V.Kalinin, K.Terabe, X.Y.Liu, K. Kitamura and A.Gruverman, "Domain Growth Kinetics in Lithium Niobate Single Crystals Studied by Piezoresponse Force Microscopy," Appl. Phys Lett. 86, 012906 (2005).
C.Dehoff, B.J.Rodriguez, A.I.Kingon, R.J.Nemanich, A.Gruverman, and J.S.Cross, "AFM-Based Experimental Setup for Studying Domain Switching Dynamics in Ferroelectric Capacitors," Rev. Sci. Instrum. 76, 023708 (2005).
B.J.Rodriguez, A.Gruverman, A.I.Kingon, R.J Nemanich, J.S.Cross, "Investigation of the Mechanism of Polarization Switching in Ferroelectric Capacitors by Three-Dimensional Piezoresponse Force Microscopy," Applied Physics A80, 99-103 (2005).

2004

S.V.Kalinin, A.Gruverman, and D.A.Bonnell, "Quantitative analysis of nanoscale switching in SrBi₂Ta₂O₉ thin films by piezoresponse force microscopy," Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 795-797 (2004).
W.-C.Yang, B.J.Rodriguez, A.Gruverman, and R.J.Nemanich, "Polarization Dependent Electron Affinity of LiNbO₃ Surfaces," Appl. Phys. Lett. 85, 2316-2318 (2004).
A.Gruverman, W.Cao, S.Bhaskar, and S.K.Dey, "Investigation of Pb(Zr,Ti)O₃/GaN Heterostructures by Scanning Probe Microscopy," Appl. Phys. Lett. 84, 5153-5155 (2004).
B.J.Rodriguez, A.Gruverman, A.I.Kingon, R.J.Nemanich, and J.S.Cross, "Three-Dimensional High-Resolution Reconstruction of Polarization In Ferroelectric Capacitors by Piezoresponse Force Microscopy," J. Appl. Phys. 95, 1958-1963 (2004).
A.Gruverman, "SPM-Based Methods for Ferroelectric Studies," in Proc. of NATO Advanced Study Institute on Scanning Probe Microscopy: Characterisation, Nanofabrication and Device Application in Functional Materials, Eds. P. Vilarinho and Y. Rosenwaks (Kluwer Academic Publishers, The Netherlands, 2004).

2003

A.Gruverman, B.J.Rodriguez, R.J.Nemanich, A.I.Kingon, A.Tagantsev, J.S.Cross and M.Tsukada, “Mechanical Stress Effect on Imprint Behavior of Integrated Ferroelectric Capacitors,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 83, 728-730 (2003).
A.Gruverman, B.J.Rodriguez, R.J.Nemanich, A.I.Kingon, J.S.Cross and M.Tsukada, “Spatial Inhomogeneity of Imprint and Switching Behavior in Integrated Ferroelectric Capacitors," Appl. Phys. Lett. 82, 3071-3073 (2003).
M.B.Kelman, P.C.McIntyre, A.Gruverman, B.C.Hendrix, S.M.Bilodeau, and J.F.Roeder, "Origin and Implications of the Observed Rhombohedral Phase in Nominally Tetragonal Pb(Zr_0.35Ti_0.65)O₃ Thin Films," J. Appl. Phys. 94, 5210-5219 (2003).

2002

A.Gruverman, B.J.Rodriguez, R.J.Nemanich and A.I.Kingon, “Nanoscale Observation of Photoinduced Domain Pinning and Investigation of Imprint Behavior in Ferroelectric Thin Films,” J. Appl. Phys. 92, 2734-2739 (2002).
B.J.Rodriguez, A.Gruverman, A.I.Kingon, and R.J.Nemanich, "Piezoresponse Force Microscopy for Piezoelectric Measurements of III-Nitride Materials," Journal of Crystal Growth 246, 252-258 (2002).
B.J.Rodriguez, A.Gruverman, A.I.Kingon, R.J.Nemanich and O.Ambacher, “Piezoresponse Force Microscopy for Polarity Imaging of GaN," Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 4166-4168 (2002).
K.Terabe, S.Takekawa, M.Nakamura, K.Kitamura, S.Higuchi, Y.Gotoh, and A.Gruverman, "Imaging and Engineering the Nanoscale-Domain Structure of a Sr_0.61Ba_0.39Nb₂O₆Crystal Using a Scanning Force Microscope," Appl. Phys. Lett. 81, 2044-2046 (2002).
S.Kim, V.Gopalan, and A.Gruverman, “Coercive Fields In Ferroelectrics: a Case Study in Lithium Niobate and Lithium Tantalate," Appl. Phys. Lett. 80, 2740-2742 (2002).
S.Kim, B.Steiner, A.Gruverman, and V.Gopalan, "On Domain Wall Broadening in Ferroelectric Lithium Niobate and Tantalate," AIP Conf. Proc. 626, 277-284 (2002).

2001

A.Gruverman, A.Kholkin, A.Kingon and H.Tokumoto, "Asymmetric Nanoscale Switching in Ferroelectric Thin Films by Scanning Force Microscopy," Appl. Phys. Lett. 78, 2751-2753 (2001).
A.Gruverman and H.Tokumoto, “On the Imaging Mechanism of Ferroelectric Domains in Scanning Force Microscopy," Nano Letters 1, 93-95 (2001).
A.Gruverman and M.Tanaka, "Polarization Retention in SrBi2Ta2O9 Thin Films Investigated at Nanoscale," J. Appl. Phys. 89, 1836-1843 (2001).
A.Kholkin, A.Gruverman, A.Wu, P.M.Vilarinho, I.M.Miranda Salvado and J.L.Baptista, "Seeding Effect on Micro- and Domain Structure of Sol-Gel Derived PZT Thin Films," Materials Letters 50 (4), 219-224 (2001).

2000

A. Gruverman, A. Pignolet, K.M. Satyalakshmi, M. Alexe, N.D.Zakharov and D.Hesse, “Nanoscopic Switching Behavior of Epitaxial SrBi₂Ta₂O₉ Films Deposited by Pulsed Laser Deposition,” Appl. Phys. Lett. 76, 106-108 (2000).