Scaling of structure and electrical properties in ultrathin epitaxial ferroelectric heterostructures

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 100, Issue 5, 2006, Pages

  Nagarajan, V ^a   Junquera, J ^b   He, J Q ^c   Jia, C L ^c   Waser, R ^c   Lee, K ^d   Kim, Y K ^d   Baik, S ^d   Zhao, T ^e   Ramesh, R ^e   Ghosez, Ph ^f   Rabe, K M ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

^c FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^d Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^g RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITAXIAL FERROELECTRIC HETEROSTRUCTURES; PIEZOELECTRIC RESPONSE; POLYDOMAIN STATE; SWITCHABLE POLARIZATION;

EPITAXIAL GROWTH; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; POLARIZATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 33748849242     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2337363     Document Type: Article

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