Surface state on first-order ferroelectrics

• Main Authors: Chew, Khian Hooi, Halif, M.N.A., Osman, J., Tilley, D.R., Teh, R., Ishibashi, Y.
• Format: Article
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: QC Physics
• Online Access: http://eprints.um.edu.my/8221/; http://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1140%2Fepjb%2Fe2006-00271-1.pdf
• Institution: Universiti Malaya

In the presence of a surface the Landau-Devonshire equations of ferroelectricity must be extended to include a boundary condition. For a ferroelectric with a second-order transition in the case when the polarization p(z) increases at the surface, it is well known that a surface state occurs in a ran...