@article{33755,
  author = {C.S Ganpule and V Nagarajan and S.B Ogale and A.L Roytburd and E.D Williams and Ramamoorthy Ramesh},
  title = {Domain nucleation and relaxation kinetics in ferroelectric thin films},
  abstract = {The time-dependent relaxation of the remanent polarization in epitaxial lead zirconate titanate (PbZr0.2Ti0.8O3) ferroelectric thin films, containing a uniform two-dimensional grid of 90° domains (c axis in the plane of the film), is examined using piezoresponse microscopy. The 90° domain walls preferentially nucleate the 180° reverse domains during relaxation, with a significant directional anisotropy. Relaxation occurs through the nucleation and growth of reverse domains, which subsequently coalesce and consume the entire region as a function of time. © 2000 American Institute of Physics.},
  year = {2000},
  journal = {Applied Physics Letters},
  volume = {77},
  number = {20},
  pages = {3275-3277},
  publisher = {American Institute of Physics Inc.},
  issn = {00036951},
  doi = {10.1063/1.1322051},
  note = {cited By 79},
  language = {eng},
}