Giant tunnel electroresistance for non-destructive readout of ferroelectric states

Nature

Volumn 460, Issue 7251, 2009, Pages 81-84

  Garcia, V ^a,b,c   Fusil, S ^a,d   Bouzehouane, K ^a   Enouz Vedrenne, S ^e   Mathur, N D ^b   Barthelemy A ^a   Bibes, M ^a  

^a ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITÉ D EVRY VAL D ESSONNE   (France)

^e THALES RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM DERIVATIVE; GALLIUM; LANTHANUM; MANGANESE OXIDE; NEODYMIUM; STRONTIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; IRON; MEMORY; POLARIZATION;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRICITY; FERROELECTRICITY; MICROSCOPY; NANOANALYSIS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION SCATTERING; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 67650088391     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature08128     Document Type: Article

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