Ferroelectricity in asymmetric metal-ferroelectric-metal heterostructures: A combined first-principles-phenomenological approach

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 98, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Gerra, G ^a   Tagantsev, A K ^a   Setter, N ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

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Indexed keywords

ELECTRODES; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRICITY; METALS; THICK FILMS; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

ASYMMETRIC INTERFACES; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; SIZE EFFECT PROBLEMS;

HETEROJUNCTIONS;

EID: 34547291907     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.207601     Document Type: Article

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