Imaging and alignment of nanoscale 180° stripe domains in ferroelectric thin films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 18, 2008, Pages

  Thompson, Carol ^a   Fong, D D ^b   Wang, R V ^b,c   Jiang, F ^b,d   Streiffer, S K ^b   Latifi, K ^a,e   Eastman, J A ^b   Fuoss, P H ^b   Stephenson, G B ^b  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c Numonyx   (Italy)

^d OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCES; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC DIRECTIONS; NANOSCALE; STEP EDGES; STRIPE DOMAINS; SURFACE STEPS; VICINAL SURFACES;

ALIGNMENT; FERROELECTRIC THIN FILMS; FERROELECTRICITY; THICK FILMS; THIN FILMS;

FERROELECTRIC FILMS;

EID: 55849138007     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3013512     Document Type: Article

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