Identification of the ferroelectric switching process and dopant-dependent switching properties in orthorhombic HfO2: A first principles insight

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 104, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Clima, S ^a   Wouters, D J ^a,b   Adelmann, C ^a   Schenk, T ^c   Schroeder, U ^c   Jurczak, M ^a   Pourtois, G ^a,d  

^a IMEC   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROELECTRICITY; HAFNIUM OXIDES; POLARIZATION;

FERROELECTRIC POLARIZATION; FERROELECTRIC SWITCHING; FIRST PRINCIPLES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; ORTHORHOMBIC UNIT CELL; POLARIZATION REVERSALS; SATURATED POLARIZATION; SWITCHING PROPERTIES;

CALCULATIONS;

EID: 84896749562     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4867975     Document Type: Article

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