Theoretical phase diagram of ultrathin films of incipient ferroelectrics

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 24, 2007, Pages

  Akbarzadeh, A R ^a,b   Bellaiche, L ^b   Íñiguez, Jorge ^c   Vanderbilt, David ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^c INSTITUT DE CIÈNCIA DE MATERIALS DE BARCELONA ICMAB CSIC   (Spain)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK MATERIALS; DEPOLARIZING FIELDS; PERTSEV PHASE DIAGRAMS; QUANTUM PARAELECTRICS;

FERROELECTRIC FILMS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PHASE DIAGRAMS; POLARIZATION; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

ULTRATHIN FILMS;

EID: 34250648531     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2748844     Document Type: Article

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