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Mapping and controlling ferroelectricity at the nanoscale

Authors: Brice GAUTIER, David ALBERTINI

Publication date: June 10, 2022, Review date: December 22, 2023

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1. Introduction to ferroelectric materials and domains

1.1 Ferroelectricity

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1.1.1 A brief history

The year 2021 marks one hundred years since Joseph Valasek discovered ferroelectricity in Rochelle salts (sodium potassium tartrate) in 1921 . The brothers Jacques and Pierre Curie had previously (in 1880) discovered pyroelectricity, i.e. the ability to separate...

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