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Ferroelectric materials are defined by the existence of a finite polarisation at zero electric field, the direction of which can be switched by the application of an external field. Measurement of the electrical properties is therefore an important tool in identifying ferroelectricity and in characterising the ferroelectric properties of a material. In discussing the electrostatics of materials it is common to assume that a material becomes polarised only by the application of an electric field and that the polarisation returns to zero on removal of the field. This is not the case for ferroelectrics. This is illustrated by brief review of the electrostatics of a simple capacitor, followed by the application to the measurement of switchable polarisation in a ferroelectric and methods for the measurement thereof.
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Stewart, M., Cain, M.G., Weaver, P. (2014). Electrical Measurement of Ferroelectric Properties. In: Cain, M. (eds) Characterisation of Ferroelectric Bulk Materials and Thin Films. Springer Series in Measurement Science and Technology, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-9311-1_1
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