Hysteresis loops of first-order ferroelectric bilayers or superlattices and their size effect

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 40, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 5696-5702

  Yang, Bin ^a   Zhang, Duan Ming ^a   Zheng, Chao Dan ^a   Wang, Jun ^a   Yu, Jun ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROELECTRICITY; EXTRAPOLATION; HYSTERESIS LOOPS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLARIZATION; SUPERLATTICES;

CONSTITUENT FILM; EXTRAPOLATION LENGTH; SPATIAL VARIATION;

FERROELECTRIC FILMS;

EID: 34548427473     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/40/18/027     Document Type: Article

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