Polarization switching dynamics by inhomogeneous field mechanism in ferroelectric polymers

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 45, Issue 16, 2012, Pages

  Schutrumpf J ^a   Zhukov, S ^a   Genenko, Y A ^a   Von Seggern, H ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL DATA; FERROELECTRIC COPOLYMERS; FERROELECTRIC POLYMERS; INHOMOGENEOUS FIELDS; INTRINSIC INHOMOGENEITIES; LOCAL ELECTRIC FIELD; LOCAL FIELDS; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; POLARIZATION REVERSALS; POLARIZATION SWITCHING; PZT CERAMICS; RANDOMLY DISTRIBUTED; SEMI-CRYSTALLINE POLYMER; SPATIAL REGIONS; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TEMPORAL BEHAVIOUR;

DYNAMICS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FERROELECTRIC CERAMICS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; OPTICAL SWITCHES;

POLYMERS;

EID: 84859330864     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/45/16/165301     Document Type: Article

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