Scientific Publications 2000-2009
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 SrBi2 Ta2 O9 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(Zr0.35 Ti0.65 )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
Sr0.61 Ba0.39 Nb2 O6 Crystal 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).