Stability of a ferroelectric phase with electrical domains in multilayers

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 17, 2009, Pages

  Misirlioglu, I B ^a  

^a SABANCI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOLARIZING FIELDS; DOMAIN WALL ENERGIES; ELECTRICAL DOMAINS; FERROELECTRIC LAYERS; FERROELECTRIC PHASE; FERROELECTRIC STATE; MULTI DOMAINS; PARAELECTRIC; PARAELECTRIC STATE; SINGLE DOMAINS; SINGLE-DOMAIN STATE;

BARIUM TITANATE; MULTILAYERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

FERROELECTRICITY;

EID: 65449182772     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3129872     Document Type: Article

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