First-order reversal curve probing of spatially resolved polarization switching dynamics in ferroelectric nanocapacitors

ACS Nano

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 491-500

  Kim, Yunseok ^a   Kumar, Amit ^a   Ovchinnikov, Oleg ^a   Jesse, Stephen ^a   Han, Hee ^b   Pantel, Daniel ^c   Vrejoiu, Ionela ^c   Lee, Woo ^b   Hesse, Dietrich ^c   Alexe, Marin ^c   Kalinin, Sergei V ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science   (South Korea)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

Author keywords

BEPS; ferroelectric nanocapacitor; FORC; KAI; PFM; spatially resolved switching dynamics

Indexed keywords

BEPS; FORC; KAI; NANOCAPACITORS; PFM; SPATIALLY RESOLVED;

DYNAMICS; FERROELECTRICITY; MAGNETIC HYSTERESIS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; POLARIZATION;

SWITCHING;

NANOMATERIAL;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; PARTICLE SIZE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 84856169441     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn203831h     Document Type: Article

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