Physics of Ferroelectrics A Modern Perspective /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Rabe, Karin M. (Editor), Ahn, Charles H. (Editor), Triscone, Jean-Marc (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2007.
• Series: Topics in Applied Physics, 105
• Subjects: Materials science.; Electronics.; Microelectronics.; Nanotechnology.; Metals.; Materials > Surfaces.; Thin films.; Materials Science.; Metallic Materials.; Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.

During the past two decades, revolutionary breakthroughs have occurred in the understanding of ferroelectric materials, both from the perspective of theory and experiment. First principles approaches, including the Berry phase formulation of ferroelectricity, now allow accurate, quantitative predict...

Table of Contents:

• Appendix B – Material–Substrate Combinations Tables
• Modern Physics of Ferroelectrics: Essential Background
• Theory of Polarization: A Modern Approach
• A Landau Primer for Ferroelectrics
• First-Principles Studies of Ferroelectric Oxides
• Analogies and Differences between Ferroelectrics and Ferromagnets
• Growth and Novel Applications of Epitaxial Oxide Thin Films
• Ferroelectric Size Effects
• Nanoscale Studies of Domain Walls in Epitaxial Ferroelectric Thin Films
• APPENDIX A – Landau Free-Energy Coefficients.