Ferroelectric polarization reversal via successive ferroelastic transitions

Nature Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 79-86

  Xu, Ruijuan ^a   Liu, Shi ^b   Grinberg, Ilya ^b   Karthik, J ^a   Damodaran, Anoop R ^a   Rappe, Andrew M ^b   Martin, Lane W ^a,c  

^a University of California Berkeley   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMAIN WALLS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POLARIZATION; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SWITCHING;

FERROELECTRIC DOMAIN STRUCTURE; FERROELECTRIC POLARIZATION; FERROELECTRIC SWITCHING; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PIEZORESPONSE FORCE MICROSCOPY; SWITCHABLE POLARIZATION; SWITCHING CHARACTERISTICS; SWITCHING CHARACTERIZATION;

FERROELECTRIC FILMS;

EID: 84923356152     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4119     Document Type: Article

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