How Small is Too Small? Researchers Find that Polarization Changes at the Nanoscale
Monday, September 8, 2008 - 15:21
in Physics & Chemistry
(PhysOrg.com) -- How small is too small to be useful? Researchers at North Carolina State University have done nanoscale analysis on ferroelectric thin films - materials that are used in electronic devices from computer memories to iPhones and polarize when exposed to an electric charge - and found that when it comes to polarization, both size and location matter.