Thermodynamics of polydomain ferroelectric bilayers and graded multilayers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Roytburd, Alexander L ^a   Slutsker, Julia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EQUILIBRIUM DOMAIN STRUCTURE; GRADED MULTILAYER; POLYDOMAIN; SELF-POLED;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; MULTILAYERS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; THERMODYNAMICS;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 33746653413     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2220487     Document Type: Article

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