Flexoelectric rectification of charge transport in strain-graded dielectrics

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 6436-6440

  Lee, Daesu ^a   Yang, Sang Mo ^a   Yoon, Jong Gul ^b   Noh, Tae Won ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Suwon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Epitaxial thin film; flexoelectricity; local transport; nanoscale strain gradient

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CONDUCTION; CONDUCTIVE ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DIODE EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC TRANSPORT; EPITAXIAL THIN FILMS; EPITAXY SYSTEMS; FLEXOELECTRIC; FLEXOELECTRIC EFFECTS; FLEXOELECTRICITY; INHOMOGENEITIES; LOCAL TRANSPORT; MECHANICAL STRAIN; NANO SCALE; NANO-SCALE MATERIALS; NANOELECTRONIC DEVICES; STRAIN GRADIENTS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DIELECTRIC MATERIALS; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; TRANSPORTATION;

NANOTECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84870927351     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl3038129     Document Type: Article

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