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Title

Physics of ferroelectrics : a modern perspective / Karin M. Rabe, Charles H. Ahn, Jean-Marc Triscone, eds.

Publication

Berlin ; New York : Springer, c2007.

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Additional Authors

• Rabe, Karin M. (Karin Maria)
• Ahn, Charles H.
• Triscone, Jean-Marc.

Description

xii, 388 p. : ill. (some col.); 24 cm.

Summary

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 predictions of material properties, and single crystalline thin films are now available for fundamental studies of these materials. In addition, the need for high dielectric constant insulators and nonvolatile memories in semiconductor applications has motivated a renaissance in the investigation of these materials. This book addresses the paradigmatic shifts in understanding brought about by these breakthroughs, including the consideration of novel fabrication methods of single crystalline ferroelectric thin films and nanoscale applications of these materials, and new theoretical methods such as the effective Hamiltonian approach and density functional theory. A book for practicing scientists as well as graduate students.

Series Statement

Topics in applied physics, 0303-4216 ; v. 105

Uniform Title

• Topics in applied physics v. 105.
• Topics in applied physics 105.

Subjects

• Static Electricity
• Surfaces (Physics)
• Ferroelectric thin films
• Ferroelectric devices > Materials
• Ferroelectricity
• Electronics
• Materials
• Chemistry
• Metallic Materials
• Electronics and Microelectronics, Instrumentation
• Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films
• Nanotechnology

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

Modern physics of ferroelectrics: essential background / Karin M. Rabe [and others] -- Theory of polarization: a modern approach / Raffaele Resta and David Vanderbilt -- A Landau primer for ferroelectrics / Premi Chandra and Peter B. Littlewood -- First-principles studies of ferroelectric oxides / Karin M. Rabe and Philippe Ghosez -- Analogies and differences between ferroelectrics and ferromagnets / Nicola A. Spaldin -- Growth and novel applications of epitaxial oxide thin films / Agham-Bayan Posadas [and others] -- Ferroelectric size effects / Céline Lichtensteiger, Matthew Dawber, and Jean-Marc Triscone -- Nanoscale studies of domain walls in epitaxial ferroelectric thin films / Patrycja Paruch, Thierry Giamarchi, and Jean-Marc Triscone -- Appendixes: A. Landau free-energy coefficients / Long-Qing Chen -- B. Material-substrate combinations tables / Céline Lichtensteiger and Matthew Dawber.

ISBN

9783540345909 (hardcover : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^2006938273

OCLC

• 144228556
• SCSB-10236464

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library