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The First Room-Temperature Ferroelectric Sn Insulator and Its Polarization Switching Kinetics
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The First Room-Temperature Ferroelectric Sn Insulator and Its Polarization Switching Kinetics

Yazhong Wang, Fei-Ting Huang, Xuan Luo, Bin Gao and Sang-Wook Cheong
Advanced materials (Weinheim), Vol.29(2), pp.1601288-n/a
01/11/2017
PMID: 27797143

Abstract

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Sr3Sn2O7 is the first room-temperature ferroelectric Sn insulator with switchable electric polarization. The ferroelastic twin domains are observed using a polarized optical microscope. The polarization hysteresis loop clearly demonstrates the ferroelectric property. Intriguing polarization switching kinetics are observed through an in situ poling process using a dark-field transmission electron microscopy technique.

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