Ferroelectric thin films: Review of materials, properties, and applications
Journal article, 2006

An overview of the state of art in ferroelectric thin films is presented. First, we review applications: microsystems' applications, applications in high frequency electronics, and memories based on ferroelectric materials. The second section deals with materials, structure (domains, in particular), and size effects. Properties of thin films that are important for applications are then addressed: polarization reversal and properties related to the reliability of ferroelectric memories, piezoelectric nonlinearity of ferroelectric films which is relevant to microsystems' applications, and permittivity and loss in ferroelectric films-important in all applications and essential in high frequency devices. In the context of properties we also discuss nanoscale probing of ferroelectrics. Finally, we comment on two important emerging topics: multiferroic materials and ferroelectric one-dimensional nanostructures. (c) 2006 American Institute of Physics.

Author

Nava Setter

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)

D. Damjanovic

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)

L. Eng

Technische Universität Dresden

G. Fox

Ramtron International Corporation

Spartak Gevorgian

Chalmers, Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Microwave and Terahertz Technology

S. Hong

Samsung

A. Kingon

North Carolina State University

H. Kohlstedt

Forschungszentrum Jülich

University of California

N. Y. Park

Samsung

G. B. Stephenson

Argonne National Laboratory

I. Stolitchnov

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)

A. K. Taganstev

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)

D. V. Taylor

Nanosys, Inc.

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)

T. Yamada

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL)

S. Streiffer

Argonne National Laboratory

Journal of Applied Physics

0021-8979 (ISSN) 1089-7550 (eISSN)

Vol. 100 5 051606-1-46- 051606

Subject Categories

Condensed Matter Physics

DOI

10.1063/1.2336999

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