“…Low dimensional ferroelectric perovskites have attracted an increased interest in the past decade due to their wide range of potential applications in integrated piezoelectric devices, 1,2 microsensors, 3,4 infrared detectors, 5 optical wave p-guiding devices, 6 electro-optic modulators, 7,8 actuators, ultrahigh density storage media, 9 and microelectromechanical devices. 4,10 As the temperature stability of the electrical properties and the critical size at which ferroelectricity is suppressed are key requirements for device applications, PbTiO 3 , with its chemical stability, high Curie temperature (T c = 490 °C), large spontaneous polarization, small coercivity, and low permittivity is one of the most technologically relevant members of the Ti-containing perovskite family.…”