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Study of ferroelectric characteristics of diisopropylammonium bromide films
Thirmal Chinthakuntla,
Published in American Institute of Physics Inc.
2016
Volume: 120
   
Issue: 12
Abstract
Organic molecular ferroelectrics are highly desirable due to their numerous advantages. In the present work, a thick film of diisopropylammonium bromide organic molecular ferroelectric is fabricated on the ITO/glass substrate. The grown film shows preferential orientation along the c-axis with a ferroelectric transition at 419 K. The piezoresponse force microscopic measurements are done in a dual ac resonance tracking mode for its switching characteristics. The amplitude and phase images of the oppositely written domain patterns exhibit a clear contrast with 180° phase difference. The dynamical spectroscopic studies reveal a butterfly loop in amplitude and hysteretic character of the phase which are the expected characteristics features of ferroelectrics. In addition, the macroscopic polarization versus electric field hysteresis gives an additional proof for ferroelectric character of the film with the maximum polarization of 3.5 μC/cm2. Overall, we have successfully fabricated diisopropylammonium bromide organic films and demonstrated its room temperature ferroelectric characteristics. © 2016 Author(s).
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JournalData powered by TypesetJournal of Applied Physics
PublisherData powered by TypesetAmerican Institute of Physics Inc.
ISSN00218979
Open AccessNo
Concepts (16)
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    Electric fields
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    Ferroelectric materials
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    Ferroelectricity
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    Hysteresis
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    Polarization
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    Spectroscopic analysis
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    Thick films
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    ELECTRIC FIELD HYSTERESIS
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    FERROELECTRIC CHARACTERISTICS
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    FERROELECTRIC TRANSITION
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    MACROSCOPIC POLARIZATION
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    MICROSCOPIC MEASUREMENT
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    Preferential orientation
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    Spectroscopic studies
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    Switching characteristics
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    Ferroelectric films