Tunnel electroresistance through organic ferroelectrics

Nature Communications

Volumn 7, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Tian, B B ^a,b,c   Wang, J L ^a   Fusil, S ^d   Liu, Y ^c   Zhao, X L ^a,b   Sun, S ^a   Shen, H ^a   Lin, T ^a   Sun, J L ^a   Duan, C G ^e   Bibes, M ^d   Barthelemy A ^d   Dkhil, B ^c   Garcia, V ^d   Meng, X J ^a   Chu, J H ^a,e  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNICAL PHYSICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d UNITÉ MIXTE DE PHYSIQUE CNRS THALES   (France)

^e EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE; SILICON;

ARRAY; ELECTRICAL RESISTIVITY; FORCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC SYSTEM; POLARIZATION; POLYMER; SILICON; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ELECTRONICS; PIEZORESPONSE FORCE MICROSCOPY; POLARIZATION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STATIC ELECTRICITY;

EID: 84965177554     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms11502     Document Type: Article

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