Tunable ferroelectricity in artificial tri-layer superlattices comprised of non-ferroic components

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Rogdakis, K ^a   Seo, J W ^b,d   Viskadourakis, Z ^a   Wang, Y ^c   Ah Qune, L F N ^b   Choi, E ^d   Burton, J D ^c   Tsymbal, E Y ^c   Lee, J ^d   Panagopoulos, C ^a,b,e  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE; NEODYMIUM; STRONTIUM;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRIC CAPACITANCE; ELECTRICITY; FERROELECTRICITY; INSULATOR ELEMENT; MAGNETIC FIELD; PERIODICITY; POLARIZATION;

EID: 84866991571     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2061     Document Type: Article

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