BOUNDARY EFFECTS ON ELECTRONIC FERROELECTRICITY

Authors
PORTENGEN T SHAM LJ
Citation
T. Portengen et Lj. Sham, BOUNDARY EFFECTS ON ELECTRONIC FERROELECTRICITY, Superlattices and microstructures, 23(3-4), 1998, pp. 531-537
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Superlattices and microstructures → ACNP
ISSN journal
07496036
Volume
23
Issue
3-4
Year of publication
1998
Pages
531 - 537
Database
ISI
SICI code
0749-6036(1998)23:3-4<531:BEOEF>2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
We investigate the effect of boundary conditions on the bulk polarizat ion of an electronic ferroelectric. Criteria are established for the e xistence of a spontaneous dipole moment in samples terminated by open- and short-circuited electrodes. It is shown that boundary effects do n ot have a deleterious effect on achieving electronic ferroelectricity. (C) 1998 Academic Press Limited.