Experimental demonstration of hybrid improper ferroelectricity and the presence of abundant charged walls in (Ca,Sr)3Ti2O7 crystals

Nature Materials

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 407-413

  Oh, Yoon Seok ^a,b,d   Luo, Xuan ^c   Huang, Fei Ting ^a,b   Wang, Yazhong ^a,b   Cheong, Sang Wook ^a,b,c  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^d Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; DOMAIN WALLS; FERROELECTRICITY; MANGANESE; POLARIZATION;

CHARGED DOMAIN WALL; EXPERIMENTAL DEMONSTRATIONS; FERROELECTRIC DOMAIN STRUCTURE; OCTAHEDRON ROTATION; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES; SWITCHABLE POLARIZATION; TAIL-TO-TAIL CONFIGURATION;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 84925385371     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat4168     Document Type: Article

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