Thickness dependency of 180° stripe domains in ferroelectric ultrathin films: A first-principles-based study

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  Lai, Bo Kuai ^a   Ponomareva, Inna ^a   Kornev, Igor ^a   Bellaiche, L ^a   Salamo, Greg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METASTABLE PHASES; MORPHOLOGY; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; ULTRATHIN FILMS;

DOMAIN MORPHOLOGY; KITTEL LAW; STRIPE DOMAINS;

FERROELECTRIC FILMS;

EID: 35248868261     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2799252     Document Type: Article

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