Embedded Ferroelectric Nanoclusters can drive Polarization Reversal in a Non-Ferroelectric Polar Film via the Proximity Effect

Anna N. Morozovska, Eugene A. Eliseev, Sergei V. Kalinin +3

Heterogeneous nucleation from defects dominates the electric field required for polarization switching of ferroelectrics. Here, we consider the switching of a nominally non-switcha…