Giant electroresistance in ferroelectric tunnel junctions

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 24, 2005, Pages

  Zhuravlev, M Ye ^a   Sabirianov, R F ^a,b   Jaswal, S S ^a   Tsymbal, E Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA AT OMAHA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROELECTRIC BARRIERS; FERROELECTRIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; GIANT ELECTRORESISTANCES; POLARIZATION CHARGES;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRODES; ELECTRONS; POLARIZATION; SCREENING; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 27744552419     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.246802     Document Type: Article

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