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Electrical Conduction at 180\(^{\circ }\) Ferroelectric Domain Walls

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From a structural point of view and for many purposes, most ferroelectric perovskites can be considered as band insulators.

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Notes

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    Both reversible and irreversible distortions have been detected on a local scale in LiNbO\(_3\) [11], PZT [12], and BiFeO\(_3\) [13].

  2. 2.

    Diminishing the presence of adsorbates at the sample surface from ambient conditions to UHV, c-AFM current levels can increase up to an order of magnitude [3].

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    As can be seen in Fig. 5.6, the far left domain wall present significant meandering features corresponding to an average higher current level. We therefore considered the two middle domain walls.

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Guyonnet, J. (2014). Electrical Conduction at 180\(^{\circ }\) Ferroelectric Domain Walls. In: Ferroelectric Domain Walls. Springer Theses. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-05750-7_5

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