Quantification of internal electric fields and local polarization in ferroelectric superlattices

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 640-646

  Kendra Kathan Galipeau, ^a   Pingping Wu, ^b   Yulan Li, ^b,c   Long Qing Chen, ^b   Arsen Soukiassian, ^b,d   Xiaoxing Xi, ^b,e   Darrell G Schlom, ^b,d   Bonnell, Dawn A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d School of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering   (United States)

^e Temple University   (United States)

Author keywords

BaTiO3; Ferroelectric; Heterostructure; PFM; Phase field calculation; Scanning probe microscopy; Superlattice

Indexed keywords

BATIO3; FERROELECTRIC; PFM; PHASE FIELDS; SCANNING PROBES;

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRICITY; POLARIZATION; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SUPERLATTICES;

FERROELECTRIC FILMS;

EID: 79959950162     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn102884s     Document Type: Article

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