Simulation of characteristics of phase transitions in ferroelectric thin films

Physics Letters, Section A: General, Atomic and Solid State Physics

Volumn 368, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 117-124

  Zheng, Yue ^a,b   Wang, Biao ^a,c   Woo, C H ^b  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Critical thickness; Curie temperature; Ferroelectric thin films

Indexed keywords

CURIE TEMPERATURE; EXTRAPOLATION; FERROELECTRIC FILMS; FERROELECTRIC THIN FILMS; FERROELECTRICITY; LEAD TITANATE; POLARIZATION; SUPERCOOLING; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

CRITICAL THICKNESS; EXTRAPOLATION LENGTH; SECOND ORDER TRANSITION; SPONTANEOUS POLARIZATIONS; SUPER-COOLING TEMPERATURE; SUPERHEATING TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE HEATING; TIME DEPENDENT GINZBURG-LANDAU EQUATIONS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 34547419634     PISSN: 03759601     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physleta.2007.03.064     Document Type: Article

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