Influence of crystallographic steps on properties of ferroelectric ultrathin films: An ab initio study

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 7, 2007, Pages

  Prosandeev, S ^a,b   Bellaiche, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FERROELECTRIC FILMS; FILM THICKNESS; MORPHOLOGY;

DOMAIN STRUCTURES; FERROELECTRIC ULTRATHIN FILMS;

ULTRATHIN FILMS;

EID: 34548039504     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2770764     Document Type: Article

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