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Physics of Ferroelectrics A Modern Perspective

:	Karin M. Rabe, Charles H. Ahn, Jean-Marc Triscone
:	Karin M. Rabe, Charles H. Ahn, Jean-Marc Triscone
:	Physics of Ferroelectrics A Modern Perspective
:	Springer-Verlag
:	9783540345916
:	1
:	CHF 302.80
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:	Maschinenbau, Fertigungstechnik
:	English

:	394
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The past two decades have witnessed revolutionary breakthroughs in the understanding of ferroelectric materials, both from the perspective of theory and experiment. This book addresses the paradigmatic shifts in understanding brought about by these breakthroughs, including the consideration of novel fabrication methods and nanoscale applications of these materials, and new theoretical methods such as the effective Hamiltonian approach and density functional theory.

	Preface	6
	Contents	8
	Modern Physics of Ferroelectrics: Essential Background	14
	1 Introduction	14
	2 Switching and Hysteresis Loops	15
	3 Crystallographic Signature of Ferroelectricity	19
	4 Materials	21
	5 Applications of Ferroelectric Materials	33
	6 Note from the Editors	36
	References	36
	Index	42
	Theory of Polarization: A Modern Approach	44
	1 Why is a Modern Approach Needed?	44
	2 Polarization as an Adiabatic Flow of Current	49
	3 Formal Description of the Berry-Phase Theory	54
	4 Implications for Ferroelectrics	65
	5 Further Theoretical Developments	70
	6 Summary	77
	References	78
	Index	80
	A Landau Primer for Ferroelectrics	82
	1 Introduction	82
	2 Landau–Devonshire Theory	87
	3 Landau–Ginzburg Theory	97
	4 Reduced Size and Other Boundary Effects	105
	5 Summary and (Some) Open Questions	117
	References	119
	Index	128
	First-Principles Studies of Ferroelectric Oxides	129
	1 Introduction	129
	2 First-Principles Methods	130
	3 Results for Perovskite Oxide Compounds	135
	4 Results for Other Ferroelectric Oxide Compounds	155
	5 Results for Solid Solutions	158
	6 Results for Defects	162
	7 Results for Surfaces, Thin Films, Superlattices, Nanowires and Nanoparticles	164
	8 Challenges and Prospects	166
	References	168
	Index	185
	Analogies and Differences between Ferroelectrics and Ferromagnets	188
	1 Fundamentals	190
	2 Applications	207
	3 Multiferroics	211
	4 Outlook	223
	References	224
	Index	229
	Growth and Novel Applications of Epitaxial Oxide Thin Films	231
	1 Introduction	231
	2 Thin-Film Growth of Complex Oxides	233
	3 Substrates	269
	4 Applications of Epitaxial Oxide Thin Films	281
	References	302
	Index	316
	Ferroelectric Size Effects	317
	1 Size Effects in Ferroelectrics	317
	2 Size Effects in the Ginzburg–Landau–Devonshire Theory	318
	3 Extrinsic Size Effects	319
	4 Effect of Screening	320
	5 Superlattices	336
	6 Other Geometries	338
	References	342
	Index	349
	Nanoscale Studies of Domain Walls in Epitaxial Ferroelectric Thin Films	350
	1 Introduction	350
	2 Ferroelectric Domain Walls as Elastic Disordered Systems	351
	3 Static and Dynamic Behavior of Elastic Disordered Systems	352
	4 Experimental Observation of Domain-Wall Creep	355
	5 Domain-Wall Creep in a Commensurate Potential	358
	6 Domain-Wall Creep in a Random Potential	362
	7 Experimental Observation of Domain-Wall Roughness	365
	8 Domain Walls in the Presence of Random- Bond Disorder and Dipolar Interactions	368
	9 Recent Studies of Ferroelectric Domain-Wall Dynamics	369
	10 Conclusions	370
	References	371
	Index	373
	APPENDIX A – Landau Free- Energy Coefficients	374
	Appendix B – Material– Substrate Combinations Tables	383