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28: Ferroelectric Materials

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Learning Objectives

On completion of this TLP you should:

  • Be aware of the atomic requirements for ferroelectricity.
  • Understand how this atomic structure leads to spontaneous polarisation, and how this polarisation can be switched.
  • Understand how this polarisation leads to the interesting electrical properties displayed by ferroelectrics.
  • Understand how these properties are made use of in today's technologies.

Before you start

This TLP should be fairly self-contained, but some knowledge of crystal structures is assumed. It may be helpful to read the teaching and learning package on Crystallography and Atomic Scale Structure Of Materials first.


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