Converse-piezoelectric effect on current-voltage characteristics of symmetric ferroelectric tunnel junctions

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Lu, Xiaoyan ^a,b   Cao, Wenwu ^b   Jiang, Wenhua ^b   Li, Hui ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL THICKNESS; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; FERROELECTRIC BARRIERS; FERROELECTRIC TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; PIEZOELECTRIC STRAIN; STRAIN-DEPENDENT; SUBSTRATE-INDUCED STRAIN; TUNNELING CURRENT; ULTRA-THIN;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRON TUNNELING; FERROELECTRICITY; PIEZOELECTRICITY; TUNNEL JUNCTIONS;

CURRENT VOLTAGE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 84862965846     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3673600     Document Type: Article

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