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Structural examination of lithium niobate ferroelectric crystals by combining scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy

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The structure of lithium niobate single crystals is studied by a complex technique that combines scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. By implementing the piezoresponse force method on an atomic force microscope, the domain structure of lithium niobate crystals, which was not revealed without electron beam irradiation, is visualized

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  1. Tver State University, Sadovyi per. 35, Tver, 170002, Russia

    P. V. Efremova, B. B. Ped’ko & Yu. V. Kuznecova

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Original Russian Text © P.V. Efremova, B.B. Ped’ko, Yu.V. Kuznecova, 2016, published in Zhurnal Tekhnicheskoi Fiziki, 2016, Vol. 61, No. 2, pp. 156–158.

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Efremova, P.V., Ped’ko, B.B. & Kuznecova, Y.V. Structural examination of lithium niobate ferroelectric crystals by combining scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy. Tech. Phys. 61, 313–315 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1063784216020109

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