Ferroelectric film switching via oblique domain growth observed by cross-sectional nanoscale imaging

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2006, Pages

  Gysel, Roman ^a   Tagantsev, Alexander K ^a   Stolichnov, Igor ^a   Setter, Nava ^a   Pavius, Michaël ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FILM GROWTH; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POLARIZATION;

OBLIQUE DOMAIN GROWTH; PIEZOELECTRIC FORCE IMAGING; PIEZOELECTRIC FORCE MICROSCOPY (PFM); POLARIZATION REVERSAL;

FERROELECTRIC THIN FILMS;

EID: 33747846492     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2338432     Document Type: Article

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