Phase-field modeling of domain structure energetics and evolution in ferroelectric thin films

Journal of Applied Mechanics, Transactions ASME

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1-12

  Kontsos, Antonios ^a,b   Landis, Chad M ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

^b DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ferroelectrics; Finite element methods; Phase field modeling; Thin films; Vortex domain structure

Indexed keywords

APPLIED ELECTRIC FIELD; BIDOMAIN; COMPUTATIONAL MODEL; DOMAIN STRUCTURE; FILM DIMENSIONS; FILM MORPHOLOGY; FILM STRAIN; MODEL DOMAINS; MONODOMAINS; NONLINEAR FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; PHASE-FIELD APPROACHES; PHASE-FIELD MODELING; PIEZOELECTRIC FILM; VORTEX DOMAIN STRUCTURES;

BIOLOGY; BOUNDARY ELEMENT METHOD; CRYSTALS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FERROELECTRIC FILMS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRIC THIN FILMS; FERROELECTRICITY; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD;

EID: 77955237805     PISSN: 00218936     EISSN: 15289036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4000925     Document Type: Article

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