Multifunctional Thin Film Series - Böcker

Details the experimental and theoretical aspects of ferroelectric devices, and their extensions to other ferroic systems such as: ferromagnetics, ferroelastics, piezoelectrics, and others. This work presents the theory and experimental results pertaining to non-homogeneous active ferroic devices and structures.

Oxides form a broad subject area of research and technology development which encompasses different disciplines such as materials science, solid state chemistry, physics etc. The aim of this book is to demonstrate the interplay of these fields and to provide an introduction to the techniques and methodologies involving film growth, characterization and device processing. The literature in this field is thus fairly scattered in different research journals covering one or the other aspect of the specific activity. This situation calls for a book that will consolidate this information and thus enable a beginner as well as an expert to get an overall perspective of the field, its foundations, and its projected progress.

Nanoscale ferroelectric materials, regardless of their dimensions (film, wire, island), are receiving great interests from academia and industry due to their various potential applications such as memory and storage devices (Ferroelectric Random Access Memory (FRAM), Probe-based Data Storage (PDS) System, etc), sensors (gas sensor, infrared detector, etc), and actuators (micro-mirrors, ultrasonic devices, etc). This book provides the compass to navigate the unknown sea of information related to the nanoscale phenomena occurring in ferroelectric thin films. The intended audience includes professional researchers and engineers in physics, electronics, chemistry, and materials science who are interested either in nanotechnology or ferroelectrics.

The text details the experimental and theoretical aspects of newly emerging ferroelectric devices, and their extensions to other ferroic systems such as: ferromagnetics, ferroelastics, piezoelectrics, etc. The theory and experimental results pertaining to non-homogeneous active ferroic devices and structures are presented

Oxides form a broad subject area of research and technology development which encompasses different disciplines such as materials science, solid state chemistry, physics etc. The aim of this book is to demonstrate the interplay of these fields and to provide an introduction to the techniques and methodologies involving film growth, characterization and device processing. The literature in this field is thus fairly scattered in different research journals covering one or the other aspect of the specific activity. This situation calls for a book that will consolidate this information and thus enable a beginner as well as an expert to get an overall perspective of the field, its foundations, and its projected progress.