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The calculation of the polarization in ferroelectric thin films is performed using an analytical solution of the Euler-Lagrange differential equation with boundary conditions with different extrapolation lengths of positive sign on the…
The depolarization fields set up to due to uncompensated surface charges in a ferroelectric thin film can suppress the ferroelectric phase below a critical size. Recent experiments show that 180 degree domain structures can help to…
The films of order-disorder type ferroelectrics were considered in the mean field approximation taking into account depolarization field. It was shown that size effects in this system could be described on the base of bulk system equation…
Based on a modified Ising model in a transverse field we demonstrate that defect layers in ferroelectric thin films, such as layers with impurities, vacancies or dislocations, are able to induce a strong increase or decrease of the…
We show that, contrary to common belief, the depolarizing electric field generated by bound charges at thin-film surfaces can have a substantial impact on the domain structure of an improper ferroelectric with topological defects. In…
We measure the remnant polarization of ferroelectric domains in BiFeO3 films down to 3.6 nm using low energy electron and photoelectron emission microscopy. The measured polarization decays strongly below a critical thickness of 5-7 nm…
A thermodynamic theory of ferroelectric thin film multilayers is developed. The free energy function is written down using a multilayer model in which c-domain layers of one ferroelectric material alternate with a-domain layers of a second…
We calculate the pyrocoefficient, static dielectric susceptibility profiles and its thickness dependence of ferroelectric thin films. Also, the temperature dependences of above quantities have been calculated. For the calculations we use…
A reduction of polarization in ultra-thin ferroelectric films appears to be fundamental to ferroelectricity at the nanoscale. For the model system PbTiO3 on SrTiO3, we report observation of the polarization vs. thickness relation. Distinct…
We consider theoretically the influence of the flexoelectric coupling on the spatial distribution and temperature behavior of spontaneous polarization for several types of stable domain structure in thin ferroelectric films, such as stripe…
The surface charge associated with the spontaneous polarization in ferroelectrics is well known to cause a depolarizing field that can be particularly detrimental in the thin-film geometry desirable for microelectronic devices. Incomplete…
The analytical solution is considered for the phenomenological theory of the second order ferroelectric or ferroelastic phase transition in a thin film with arbitrary boundary conditions. The general phase-plane portrait for the relevant…
Using Landau-Ginzburg-Devonshire theory, we considered the impact of the flexoelectro-chemical coupling on the size effects inpolar properties and phase transitions of thin ferroelectric films with a layer of elastic defects. We…
We consider the reflection of non-polarized radiation from the point-like sources above the accretion discs both the optically thick and optically thin. We investigate the dependence of the polarization of reflected radiation on the…
The ferroelectric thin film properties were calculated in phenomenological theory framework. Surface energy that defined boundary conditions for Euler-Lagrange differential equation was written as surface tension energy. The latter was…
We examine the thermal fluctuations of the polarization $p$, the charge density $\rho$, and the electric field $E$ in dilute electrolytes inserted between pararell metallic electrodes, where we fix the applied potential difference $\Phi_a$…
In present work we calculated the three components of polarization in phenomenological theory framework by consideration of three Euler-Lagrange equations, which include mismatch effect and influence of misfit dislocations, surface…
The model for calculation of relaxor ferroelectrics thin films properties is proposed. The basis of the model is the theory of random field. This field is originated from the chemical disorder allowing for influence of the film surfaces,…
In present work we calculated the three components of polarization in phenomenological theory framework by consideration of three Euler-Lagrange equations, which include mismatch effect and influence of misfit dislocations, surface tension…
For over 70 years, ferroelectric materials have been remaining one of the central research topics for condensed matter physics and material science, the interest driven both by fundamental science and applications. However, ferroelectric…