Polarization switching ability dependent on multidomain topology in a uniaxial organic ferroelectric

Nano Letters

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 239-243

  Kagawa, Fumitaka ^a,b,c   Horiuchi, Sachio ^b,d   Minami, Nao ^c   Ishibashi, Shoji ^b,d   Kobayashi, Kensuke ^e   Kumai, Reiji ^b,e   Murakami, Youichi ^e   Tokura, Yoshinori ^a,c  

^a RIKEN Center for Emergent Matter Science   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^e INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS STRUCTURE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

domain wall; Ferroelectric; first principles calculation; organic; scanning probe microscopy

Indexed keywords

ANTIPARALLEL DOMAIN WALL; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; ORGANIC; PIEZORESPONSE FORCE MICROSCOPY; POLARIZATION DIRECTION; POLARIZATION HYSTERESIS; POLARIZATION SWITCHING; SWITCHABLE POLARIZATION;

CALCULATIONS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRICITY; OPTICAL SWITCHES; POLARIZATION; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; TOPOLOGY;

DOMAIN WALLS;

EID: 84892163969     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl403828u     Document Type: Article

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