Phase field modeling of domain structures in ferroelectric thin films

IEEE Transactions on Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 963-970

  Artemev, Andrei ^a   Slutsker, Julia ^b   Roytburd, Alexander L ^c  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COULOMB INTERACTIONS; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FERROELECTRIC THIN FILMS; FREE ENERGY;

BARRIER HEIGHTS; DOMAIN BOUNDARIES;

MAGNETIC DOMAINS;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MEMBRANE; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; METHODOLOGY; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOMETRY;

CERAMICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MODELS, CHEMICAL; RADIATION DOSAGE; RADIOMETRY;

EID: 44249112358     PISSN: 08853010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TUFFC.2008.740     Document Type: Conference Paper

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