Effects of ferroelectric dead layer on the electron transport in ferroelectric tunneling junctions

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 99, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Sun, Ping ^a,b   Wu, Yin Zhong ^b   Cai, Tian Yi ^a   Ju, Sheng ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHANGSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE ROUTES; DEAD LAYERS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRORESISTANCE; LOW DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; NANOSCALE DEVICE; TUNNELING JUNCTIONS;

FERROELECTRICITY; POLARIZATION;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 80051583975     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3619841     Document Type: Article

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