Nature Communications (Jan 2021)

Avalanche criticality during ferroelectric/ferroelastic switching

  • Blai Casals,
  • Guillaume F. Nataf,
  • Ekhard K. H. Salje

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20477-6
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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While classical approaches rely on the study of individual ferroelectric domain wall movement on long time scales, the authors consider collective movements of domain walls during short time scales, characterized by discrete jumps, as indicators of avalanches on a broad range of scales.