Schottky emission at the metal polymer interface and its effect on the polarization switching of ferroelectric poly(vihylidene fluoride- trifluoroethylene) copolymer thin films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1719-1721

  Xia, Feng ^a   Zhang, Q M ^a  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROELECTRIC FILMS; FERROELECTRIC POLYMERS; POLYMER INTERFACES; SCHOTTKY EMISSION;

ANNEALING; COPOLYMERS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); LEAKAGE CURRENTS; METAL ANALYSIS; POLARIZATION; POLYMERS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES; SENSORS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 4944267095     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1786364     Document Type: Article

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