Domain control in ferroelectric nanodots through surface charges

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 26, 2008, Pages

  Wang, Jie ^a   Kamlah, Marc ^a  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGED PARTICLES; FERROELECTRICITY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLARIZATION; SURFACE CHARGE;

APPLICATIONS.; CRITICAL VALUES; DOMAIN STATES; MULTIDOMAIN STRUCTURES; NANO DOTS; PHASE FIELD MODELS; POLARIZATION DISTRIBUTIONS; SIMULATION RESULTS; VORTEX STATES;

SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

EID: 58149234639     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3058821     Document Type: Article

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