Coupling of electrical and mechanical switching in nanoscale ferroelectrics

Cao, Ye; Li, Qian; Chen, Long-Qing; Kalinin, Sergei V.

doi:10.1063/1.4935977

Title: Coupling of electrical and mechanical switching in nanoscale ferroelectrics

Journal Article · 18 November 2015 · Applied Physics Letters

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4935977 · OSTI ID:1226509

Cao, Ye ^[1]; Li, Qian ^[1]; Chen, Long-Qing ^[2];

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Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA, Institute for Functional Imaging of Materials, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, USA
Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania 16802, USA

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