Polarization switching kinetics at the nanoscale in ferroelectric copolymer Langmuir-Blodgett films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 17, 2008, Pages

  Gaynutdinov, R V ^a   Lysova, O A ^a   Tolstikhina, A L ^a   Yudin, S G ^a   Fridkin, V M ^a,b   Ducharme, Stephen ^b  

^a SHUBNIKOV INSTITUTE OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FERROELECTRICITY; LANGMUIR BLODGETT FILMS; NUCLEATION; POLARIZATION; REACTION KINETICS;

PIEZORESPONSE FORCE MICROSCOPY; POLARIZATION SWITCHING KINETICS;

SWITCHING;

EID: 43049130732     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2916707     Document Type: Article

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