Ferroelectric domains in thin films and superlattices: Results of numerical modeling

Ferroelectrics

Volumn 359, Issue 1 PART 1, 2007, Pages 14-20

  De Guerville, F ^a   Marssi, M El ^a   Lukyanchuk, I ^a   Lahoche, L ^b  

^a Universite de Picardie Jules Verne   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE COMPIÈGNE   (France)

Author keywords

Ferroelectric domain; Modelling; Superlattice; Thin film

Indexed keywords

BOUND CHARGE; BULK SAMPLES; DEPOLARIZATION FIELDS; DOMAIN TEXTURES; FERROELECTRIC DOMAINS; FERROELECTRIC SAMPLES; FINITE-ELEMENT; GINZBURG-LANDAU EQUATIONS; INDUCED PROPERTIES; KITTEL APPROXIMATION; LOW TEMPERATURES; NANO SCALE; NUMERICAL MODELING; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; POLARIZATION DOMAIN; SELF-CONSISTENT SOLUTION; SUPERLATTICE THIN FILMS; TEMPERATURE EVOLUTION; TEMPERATURE INTERVALS;

DEPOLARIZATION; FERROELECTRIC FILMS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRIC THIN FILMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; SUPERLATTICES; THIN FILM DEVICES;

FERROELECTRICITY;

EID: 57749168494     PISSN: 00150193     EISSN: 15635112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00150190701512185     Document Type: Conference Paper

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