Reliable polarization switching of BiFeO3

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 370, Issue 1977, 2012, Pages 4872-4889

  Baek, S H ^a   Eom, C B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Epitaxial thin films; Fatigue; Monodomain; Multi ferroics; Retention

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FATIGUE OF MATERIALS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRICITY; OPTICAL SWITCHES; POLARIZATION;

EPITAXIAL THIN FILMS; FATIGUE PROBLEMS; FERROELASTICS; FERROELECTRIC MEMORY DEVICES; MAGNETOELECTRIC DEVICES; MONODOMAINS; MULTI-FERROICS; MULTI-STEP; POLARIZATION SWITCHING; RETENTION; RHOMBOHEDRAL SYMMETRY; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SWITCHABLE POLARIZATION; SWITCHING CYCLES; SWITCHING PATH;

SWITCHING;

EID: 84866844129     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2012.0197     Document Type: Review

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