Ferroelectricity at the Nanoscale: Basics and Applications

✍ Scribed by Vladimir Fridkin, Stephen Ducharme (auth.)

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2014
Tongue: English
Leaves: 128
Series: NanoScience and Technology
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

The investigation of nanosized ferroelectric films and ferroelectric nanocrystals has attracted much attention during the past 15 – 20 years. There is interest in the fundamental and applied aspects. The theoretical basis is connected with the development of the Landau-Ginzburg-Devonshire (LGD) mean field and the first principles theories to the ultrathin ferroelectric films with thickness in the vicinity of critical size. Important potential applications are possible nanosize ferroelectric films in non-volatile memories, microelectronics, sensors, pyroelectric and electro-optic devices. This new area of research of ferroelectricity is still in impetuous development and far from completion. Many topics elucidated need generalization. The book contains theory and experimental data for a wide range of ferroelectric materials.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Ferroelectricity and Ferroelectric Phase Transition....Pages 1-9
Thin Ferroelectric Films and the Finite-Size Effect....Pages 11-15
Critical Size in Ferroelectricity....Pages 17-27
Ultrathin Ferroelectric Films....Pages 29-65
Ferroelectric Nanocrystals and Nanodomains....Pages 67-85
Switching Kinetics at the Nanoscale....Pages 87-120
Back Matter....Pages 121-122

✦ Subjects

Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films;Magnetism, Magnetic Materials;Nanotechnology and Microengineering;Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films;Nanoscale Science and Technology

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