Interface effect on ferroelectricity at the nanoscale

Nano Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 483-487

  Duan, Chun Gang ^a,b   Sabirianov, Renat F ^a,b   Mei, Wai Ning ^a,b   Jaswal, Sitaram S ^a   Tsymbal, Evgeny 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

DIPOLE MOMENTS; FERROELECTRIC DOMAIN; ULTRATHIN KNBO 3 FERROELECTRIC FILMS;

FERROELECTRIC THIN FILMS; GROUND STATE; LIGHT POLARIZATION; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

FERROELECTRICITY;

EID: 33645410299     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl052452l     Document Type: Article

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