TY - CPAPER KW - Lead KW - Thin films KW - Zirconium KW - Ferroelectric materials KW - Ferroelectric films KW - Ferroelectric thin films KW - Coercive voltages KW - Do-mains KW - Nanodots KW - Retention properties AU - N Balke AU - P Yu AU - L.-P Wang AU - Ramamoorthy Ramesh AB - Retention properties of written nanodots for Pb(Zr0.2Ti 0.8)O3 have been investigated. The imaging voltage plays an important role when investigating small unstable domains. Even with an imaging voltage far below the coercive voltage the boundaries of the domains are switched during imaging by what the measured nanodomain stability is strongly influenced. BT - IEEE International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics DO - 10.1109/ISAF.2008.4693909 LA - eng N1 - cited By 0 N2 - Retention properties of written nanodots for Pb(Zr0.2Ti 0.8)O3 have been investigated. The imaging voltage plays an important role when investigating small unstable domains. Even with an imaging voltage far below the coercive voltage the boundaries of the domains are switched during imaging by what the measured nanodomain stability is strongly influenced. PY - 2008 SN - 1424427444; 9781424427444 T2 - IEEE International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics T3 - IEEE International Symposium on Applications of Ferroelectrics TI - CH003: Stability of nanodots in ferroelectric thin films VL - 1 ER -