TY - GEN AU - Alexe, M. AU - Gruverman TI - Nanoscale characterisation of ferroelectric materials: scanning probe microscopy approach / T2 - Nanoscience and technology SN - 9783540206620 (hbk. ): U1 - 538 23 PY - 2004/// CY - Berlin: PB - Springer- Verlag, KW - Nanostructured materials KW - Nanotechnology KW - Physics N1 - Includes bibliography and index N2 - This book presents recent advances in the field of nanoscale characterization of ferroelectric materials using scanning probe microscopy (SPM). It addresses various imaging mechanisms of ferroelectric domains in SPM, quantitative analysis of the piezoresponse signals as well as basic physics of ferroelectrics at the nanoscale level, such as nanoscale switching, scaling effects, and transport behavior ER -