Rapid nanoimprinting and excellent piezoresponse of polymeric ferroelectric nanostructures

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 83-90

  Liu, Yuanming ^a   Weiss, Dirk N ^b   Li, Jiangyu ^a  

^a University of Washington   (United States)

^b Washington Technology Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferroelectric polymer; Nanoimprinting; Piezoresponse force microscopy

Indexed keywords

DATA STORAGE; FERROELECTRIC NANOSTRUCTURES; FERROELECTRIC POLYMERS; NANO-IMPRINTING; NANOSTRUCTURED FERROELECTRICS; NON-VOLATILE MEMORIES; PATTERN TRANSFERS; PIEZORESPONSE; PIEZORESPONSE FORCE MICROSCOPY; POLY(VINYLIDENE FLUORIDE-TRIFLUOROETHYLENE) [P(VDF-TRFE)]; POLYMERIC PATTERNS; SPINTRONICS;

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; ENERGY CONVERSION; NONVOLATILE STORAGE;

FERROELECTRICITY;

EID: 75749088560     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn901397r     Document Type: Article

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