Nature Communications (Oct 2018)

Physical reality of the Preisach model for organic ferroelectrics

  • Indrė Urbanavičiūtė,
  • Tim D. Cornelissen,
  • Xiao Meng,
  • Rint P. Sijbesma,
  • Martijn Kemerink

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06717-w
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 11

Abstract

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Though the Preisach model successfully describes hysteretic switching in ferroelectrics, the physical reality of the model remains elusive. Here, the authors explained the origin of the experimental Preisach distribution and its effect on switching kinetics and materials’ potential applications