Ferroelectric domain scaling and switching in ultrathin BiFeO 3 films deposited on vicinal substrates

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 14, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Shelke, Vilas ^a,c   Mazumdar, Dipanjan ^a   Jesse, Stephen ^b   Kalinin, Sergei ^b   Baddorf, Arthur ^b   Gupta, Arunava ^a  

^a University of Alabama   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c BARKATULLAH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

[110] DIRECTION; BOTTOM LAYERS; FERROELECTRIC DOMAINS; FERROELECTRIC SWITCHING; FORCE MICROSCOPY; PULSED-LASER DEPOSITION TECHNIQUE; SQUARE ROOTS; SWITCHABLE POLARIZATION; ULTRA-THIN; VARIABLE THICKNESS; VICINAL SUBSTRATES;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRICITY; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SUBSTRATES;

FERROELECTRIC FILMS;

EID: 84861943364     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/14/5/053040     Document Type: Article

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