The State of Physicochemical Research on Ferroelectric Films

The review deals with studies on films of complex oxides with unusual dielectric properties. The principal methods for their preparation are described and studies on thin films of barium titanate and solid solutions based on it are considered in detail: the structures at the atomic and supra-atomic levels, the composition of condensed films, structural defects, properties as a function of structure and composition, etc. Data are presented for other ferroelectric complex oxide films as well as thin ferromagnetic layers. Their possible applications are briefly enumerated.
The bibliography includes 257 references.