Size-dependent polarization distribution in ferroelectric nanostructures: Phase field simulations

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 16, 2008, Pages

  Wang, Jie ^a   Kamlah, Marc ^a   Zhang, Tong Yi ^b   Li, Yulan ^c   Chen, Long Qing ^c  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FERROELECTRIC DEVICES; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; NANOWIRES; POLARIZATION;

FERROELECTRIC NANOSTRUCTURES; PHASE FIELD SIMULATIONS; SINGLE-DOMAIN STRUCTURES; SIZE-DEPENDENT POLARIZATION DISTRIBUTION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 42549134946     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2917715     Document Type: Article

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