| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 117 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Series |
Springer theses, recognizing outstanding Ph. D. research, 2190-5053 |
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Springer theses, 2190-5053
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| Contents |
Introduction and Motivation -- Ferroelectricity -- Crackling Noise and Avalanches -- Experimental Methods -- Crackling at the Nanoscale -- Correlations Between Domain Wall Currents and Distortions -- Crossings of Ferroelastic Twin Domains -- Conclusions and Perspectives |
| Summary |
This thesis explores the fascinating properties of domain walls in ferroelectric materials. Domain walls can be used as model systems to study fundamental aspects of interface physics, such as crackling noise, with implications extending to a broad variety of systems, from material fracture and earthquakes to solar flares and collective decision making. Ferroelectric domain walls also show functional properties absent from the domains themselves, such as enhanced conduction leading to the tantalizing possibility of reconfigurable nanoelectronic circuitry where domain walls are active components. This work discusses the crackling physics of domain walls in thin films of Pb(Zr0.2Ti0.8)O3, as well as links between the local conductivity of domain walls and nanoscale geometrical distortions due to defects, and discusses unusual polarization textures with rotational components at crossings of ferroelastic twin domains. The results presented in this thesis have important implications for the experimental study of crackling systems |
| Notes |
"Doctoral thesis accepted by University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed May 10, 2021) |
| Subject |
Ferroelectric thin films.
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Domain structure.
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Nanostructured materials.
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Nanostructures
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Domain structure
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Ferroelectric thin films
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Nanostructured materials
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9783030723897 |
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3030723895 |
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