Examination of the possibility of negative capacitance using ferroelectric materials in solid state electronic devices

Nano Letters

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 988-992

  Krowne, C M ^a   Kirchoefer, S W ^a   Chang, W ^a   Pond, J M ^a   Alldredge, L M B ^a  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

energy storage; ferroelectric; Negative capacitance; polarization behavior

Indexed keywords

BASIC EQUATIONS; FERROELECTRIC; HIGHLY NONLINEAR; NEGATIVE CAPACITANCE; POLARIZATION BEHAVIOR; QUALITY FACTORS; SMALL SIGNAL; SOLID STATE ELECTRONIC DEVICES;

CAPACITANCE; ENERGY STORAGE; FERROELECTRICITY; FLYWHEELS; POLARIZATION; SOLID STATE DEVICES; STORAGE (MATERIALS);

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 79952599597     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl1037215     Document Type: Article

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