Nanoscale ferroelectrics: processing, characterization and future trends

abstract

This review paper summarizes recent advances in the quickly developing field of nanoscale ferroelectrics, analyses its current status and considers potential future developments. The paper presents a brief survey of the fabrication methods of ferroelectric nanostructures and investigation of the size effects by means of scanning probe microscopy. One of the focuses of the review will be the study of kinetics of nanoscale ferroelectric switching in inhomogeneous electrical and elastic fields. Another emphasis will be made on tailoring the electrical and mechanical properties of ferroelectrics with a viewpoint of fabrication of nanoscale domain structures.

keywords

SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY; NONLINEAR DIELECTRIC MICROSCOPY; LEAD-ZIRCONATE-TITANATE; CHEMICAL-VAPOR-DEPOSITION; BATIO3 SINGLE-CRYSTALS; SRBI2TA2O9 THIN-FILMS; DOMAIN-STRUCTURES; BARIUM-TITANATE; PIEZOELECTRIC PROPERTIES; PROBE MICROSCOPY

subject category

Physics

authors

Gruverman, A; Kholkin, A

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