%0 Journal Article %K Nucleation %K Thin films %K Electrodes %K Probes %K Polarization %K Visualization %K Ferroelectricity %K Ferroelectric polarization %K Switching %K Switching mechanism %K Scanning probe microscopy %K Capacitors %K Scanning probes %K Piezoresponse force microscopy (PFM) %K Ferroics %K Domain structure %K Nucleation sites %K Interface charge %K Capacitor structures %K Capacitor switching %K Direct observation %K Domain evolution %K Domain formation %K Domain nucleation %K In-plane %K Lateral growth %K Planar electrode %K Surface screening %K Switching process %K Growth kinetics %K Electrolytic capacitors %A N Balke %A M Gajek %A A.K Tagantsev %A L.W Martin %A Y.-H Chu %A Ramamoorthy Ramesh %A S.V Kalinin %B Advanced Functional Materials %D 2010 %G eng %P 3466-3475 %R 10.1002/adfm.201000475 %T Direct observation of capacitor switching using planar electrodes %V 20