Interface phase and tuning of polarization in metal-ferroelectric junctions: A theoretical study

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 92, Issue 25, 2008, Pages

  Núñez, Matías ^a   Buongiorno Nardelli, M ^a,b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROELECTRIC FILMS; FERROELECTRICITY; METALS; PHASE INTERFACES; POLARIZATION; TUNING;

FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATIONS; INTERFACE PHASE; INTERFACE STRUCTURES;

STRUCTURAL METALS;

EID: 46049091569     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2948899     Document Type: Article

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