Nanoscale Phenomena in Ferroelectric Thin Films

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.