Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Nebraska Center for Materials and Nanoscience
University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Office: Behlen 256
Phone: (402) 472-8590 FAX: (402) 472-2879
e-mail: sducharme1@unl.edu
2009
Start the Presses, Stephen V. Ducharme and Alexei Gruverman
Polarization switching kinetics of ferroelectric nanomesas of vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene copolymer, R. V. Gaynutdinov, O. A. Lysova, S. G. Yudin, A. L. Tolstikhina, A. L. Kholkin, V. M. Fridkin, and Stephen Ducharme
2008
Why are Ferroelectric Polymers Difficult to Find – And Difficult to Verify, Stephen Ducharme
Polarization switching kinetics at the nanoscale in ferroelectric copolymer Langmuir-Blodgett films, R. V. Gaynutdinov, O. A. Lysova, A. L. Tolstikhina, S. G. Yudin, V. M. Fridkin, and Stephen Ducharme
Oligo(vinylidene fluoride) Langmuir-Blodgett films studied by spectroscopic, Rafal Korlacki, J. Travis Johnston, Jihee Kim, Stephen Ducharme, Daniel W. Thompson, Vladimir M. Fridkin, Zhongxin Ge, and James M. Takacs
Regulating Self-organizing Nanostructures via External Mechanism, J. Y. Li, Q. G. Du, and Stephen Ducharme
Switching kinetics of ferroelectric polymer nanomesas, C. M. Othon, Jihee Kim, Stephen Ducharme, and V. M. Fridkin
Effects of an external electric field on the ferroelectric-paraelectric phase transition in polyvinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene copolymer Langmuir-Blodgett films, Matt Poulsen, A. V. Sorokin, Shireen Adenwalla, Stephen Ducharme, and V. M. Fridkin
Local probing of relaxation time distributions in ferroelectric polymer nanomesas: Time-resolved piezoresponse force spectroscopy and spectroscopic imaging, Brian J. Rodriguez, Stephen Jesse, Jihee Kim, Stephen Ducharme, and Sergei V. Kalinin
2007
Electron diffraction study of the structure of vinylidene fluoride–trifluoroethylene copolymer nanocrystals, Mengjun Bai, Xingzhong Li, and Stephen Ducharme
Vitaly Ginzburg: The Last Classical Physicist, Vladimir Fridkin, Stephen Ducharme, Wolfgang Kleemann, and Yoshihiro Ishibashi
The effect of interlayer interactions on the ferroelectric–paraelectric phase transition in multilayered thin films of vinylidene fluoride– trifluoroethylene copolymers, Jihee Kim, Hoydoo You, Stephen Ducharme, and Shireen Adenwalla
The effect of interlayer interactions on the ferroelectric–paraelectric phase transition in multilayered thin films of vinylidene fluoride–trifluoroethylene copolymers, Jihee Kim, Hoydoo You, Stephen Ducharme, and Shireen Adenwalla
Electric energy density of dielectric nanocomposites, J.Y. Li, L. Zhang, and Stephen Ducharme
Nanoscale polarization manipulation and imaging of ferroelectric Langmuir-Blodgett polymer films, Brian J. Rodriguez, Stephen Jesse, Sergei V. Kalinin, Jihee Kim, Stephen Ducharme, and V.M. Fridkin
Ferroelectric properties of Langmuir-Blodgett copolymer films at the nanoscale, A. Tolstousov, R. V. Gaynutdinov, R. Tadros-Morgane, Herbert Kliem, Stephen Ducharme, and Vladimir M. Fridkin
Microimprinting and ferroelectric properties of poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) copolymer films, Lei Zhang, Stephen Ducharme, and Jiangyu Li
2006
Stephen Ducharme Publications 1983-2006
Effects of annealing conditions on ferroelectric nanomesa self-assembly, Mengjun Bai, Matt Poulsen, and Stephen Ducharme
Low-voltage operation of metal-ferroelectric-insulator-semiconductor diodes incorporating a ferroelectric polyvinylidene fluoride copolymer Langmuir-Blodgett film, A. Gerber, H. Kohlstedt, M. Fitsilis, R. Waser, T.J. Reese, Stephen Ducharme, and E. Rije
Comparison of the electronic structure of two polymers with strong dipole ordering, Jie Xiao, Luis G. Rosa, Matt Poulsen, Danqin Feng, D. Sahadeva Reddy, James M. Takacs, Lei Cai, Jiandi Zhang, Stephen Ducharme, and Peter A. Dowben
A continuum model on the nanomesa and nanowell formation in Langmuir-Blodgett ferroelectric polymeric films, Jiang Yu Li, Yang Luo, Mengjun Bai, and Stephen Ducharme
2005
Comparison of crystalline thin poly(vinylidene (70%)–trifluoroethylene (30%)) copolymer films with short chain poly(vinylidene fluoride) films, Jaewu Choi, Eizi Morikawa, Stephen Ducharme, and Peter A. Dowben
Ferroelectric Polymer Langmuir–Blodgett Films for Nonvolatile Memory Applications, Stephen Ducharme, Timothy J. Reece, Christina M. Othon, and R. K. Rannow
Switching in One Monolayer of the Ferroelectric Polymer, Vladimir Fridkin, A. Ievlev, K. Verkhovskaya, G. Vizdrik, S. Yudin, and Stephen Ducharme
Manifestation of a Ferroelectric Phase Transition, A. R. Geivandov, S.G. Yudin, V.M. Fridkin, and Stephen Ducharme
The Effects of Humidity on the Dielectric Response in Ferroelectric Polymer Films Made by Langmuir-Blodgett Deposition, Kristin L. Kraemer, Alexander V. Sorokin, Christina M. Othon, Stephen Ducharme, and Vladimir M. Fridkin
Nanomesa and nanowell formation in Langmuir–Blodgett polyvinylidene fluoride trifluoroethylene copolymer films, Jiangyu Li, Yang Luo, Mengjun Bai, and Stephen Ducharme
Effects of electron irradiation on the ferroelectric properties of Langmuir-Blodgett copolymer films, C.M. Othon, F.B. Bateman, and Stephen Ducharme
Investigation of Ferroelectricity in Newly Synthesized Nitrile Polymer Systems, Matthew Poulsen, Stephen Ducharme, Alexander V. Sorokin, Sahadeva Reddy, James M. Takacs, Y. Wen, Jihee Kim, and S. Adenwalla
Pyroelectric study of polarization switching in Langmuir-Blodgett films of poly(vinylidene fluoride trifluoroethylene), A.V. Sorokin, V.M. Fridkin, and Stephen Ducharme
2004
Ferroelectric nanomesa formation from polymer Langmuir-Blodgett films, Mengjun Bai and Stephen Ducharme
Determination of the optical dispersion in ferroelectric vinylidene fluoride (70%)/trifluoroethylene (30%) copolymer Langmuir-Blodgett films, Mengjun Bai, A.V. Sorokin, Daniel W. Thompson, M. Poulsen, Stephen Ducharme, C.M. Herzinger, S. Palto, V.M. Fridkin, S.G. Yudin, V.E. Savchenko, and L.K. Gribova
Surface structure of ultrathin copolymer films of ferroelectric vinylidene fluoride (70%) with trifluoroethylene (30%) on graphite, Lei Cai, Hongwei Qu, Chenxi Lu, Stephen Ducharme, Peter A. Dowben, and Jiandi Zhang
Simulations of ferroelectric polymer film polarization: The role of dipole interactions, Chun-gang Duan, Wai-Ning Mei, Wei-Guo Yin, Jianjun Liu, J. R. Hardy, Stephen Ducharme, and Peter A. Dowben
Water absorption and dielectric changes in crystalline poly(vinylidene fluoride-trifluoroethylene) copolymer films, P.A. Jacobson, Luis G. Rosa, C.M. Othon, Kristin L. Kraemer, A.V. Sorokin, Stephen Ducharme, and Peter A. Dowben
2003
Infrared spectroscopic ellipsometry study of vinylidene fluoride (70%)-trifluoroethylene (30%) copolymer Langmuir-Blodgett films, Mengjun Bai, M. Poulsen, A.V. Sorokin, Stephen Ducharme, C.M. Herzinger, and V.M. Fridkin
Surface structure of ultrathin copolymer films of ferroelectric vinylidene fluoride (70%) with trifluoroethylene (30%) on graphite, Lei Cai, Hongwei Qu, Chenxi Lu, Stephen Ducharme, Peter A. Dowben, and Jiandi Zhang
Comparison of the theoretical and experimental band structure of poly(vinylidene fluoride) crystal, Chun-gang Duan, W.N. Mei, J.R. Hardy, Stephen Ducharme, Jaewu Choi, and Peter A. Dowben
Theoretical study on the optical properties of polyvinylidene fluoride crystal, Chun-gang Duan, W. N. Mei, Wei-Guo Yin, Jianjun Liu, J. R. Hardy, Mengjun Bai, and Stephen Ducharme
Comment on: 'Depolarization corrections to the coercive field in thin-film ferroelectrics', Stephen Ducharme and Vladimir Fridkin
Nanoscale polarization manipulation and conductance switching in ultrathin films of a ferroelectric copolymer, Hongwei Qu, Wei Yao, T. Garcia, Jiandi Zhang, A.V. Sorokin, Stephen Ducharme, Peter A. Dowben, and V.M. Fridkin
Nonvolatile memory element based on a ferroelectric polymer Langmuir-Blodgett film, Timothy Reece, Stephen Ducharme, A.V. Sorokin, and M. Poulsen
Kinetics of ferroelectric switching in ultrathin films, G. Vizdrik, Stephen Ducharme, V.M. Fridkin, and S.G. Yudin
2002
Langmuir-Blodgett films of polyethylene, A.V. Sorokin, Mengjun Bai, Stephen Ducharme, and M. Poulsen
Heterojunction diode fabrication from polyaniline and a ferroelectric polymer, B Xu, Y. Ovchenkov, Mengjun Bai, A.N. Caruso, A.V. Sorokin, Stephen Ducharme, B. Doudin, and Peter A. Dowben
2001
General features of the intrinsic ferroelectric coercive field, V.M. Fridkin and Stephen Ducharme
Aluminum doping of poly„vinylidene fluoride, B. Xu, C.N. Borca, Stephen Ducharme, A.V. Sorokin, Peter A. Dowben, V.M. Fridkin, S.P. Palto, N.N. Petukhova, and S.G. Yudin
2000
Two-Dimensional Ferroelectrics, L. M. Blinov, V. M. Fridkin, S.P. Palto, A. V. Bune, Peter A. Dowben, and Stephen Ducharme
Phase transition in the surface structure in copolymer films of vinylidene fluoride (70%) with trifluoroethylene (30%), Jaewu Choi, C.N. Borca, Peter A. Dowben, A. Bune, M. Poulsen, Shane Pebley, Shireen Adenwalla, Stephen Ducharme, Lee Robertson, V.M. Fridkin, N.N. Petukhova, and S.G. Yudin
Intrinsic Ferroelectric Coercive Field, Stephen Ducharme, V.M. Fridkin, A.V. Bune, S.P. Palto, L.M. Blinov, N.N. Petukhova, and S.G. Yudin
1999
Lattice-Stiffening Transition in Copolymer Films of Vinylidene Fluoride (70%) with Trifluoroethylene (30%), C.N. Borca , Shireen Adenwalla, Jaewu Choi, P.T. Sprungerr, Stephen Ducharme, Lee Robertson, S.P. Palto, Jianglai Liu, M. Poulsen, V.M. Fridkin, H. You, and Peter A. Dowben
Influence of dynamical scattering in crystalline poly„vinylidene, C.N. Borca, Jaewu Choi, Shireen Adenwalla, Stephen Ducharme, Peter A. Dowben, Lee Robertson, V.M. Fridkin, S.P. Palto, and N. Petukhova
Piezoelectric and pyroelectric properties of ferroelectric Langmuir-Blodgett polymer films, A.V. Bune, Chuanxing Zhu, Stephen Ducharme, L.M. Blinov, V.M. Fridkin, S.P. Palto, N.N. Petukhova, and S.G. Yudin
Evidence of dynamic Jahn-Teller distortions in two-dimensional crystalline molecular films, Jaewu Choi, Peter A. Dowben, C.N. Borca, Shireen Adenwalla, A.V. Bune, Stephen Ducharme, V.M. Fridkin, S.P. Palto, and N. Petukhova
Effect of dipolar molecules on carrier mobilities in photorefractive polymers, Arosha Goonesekera and Stephen Ducharme
1998
Two-dimensional ferroelectric films, Alexander V. Bune, Vladimir M. Fridkin, Stephen Ducharme, Lev M. Blinov, Serguei P. Palto, Alexander V. Sorokin, S. G. Yudin, and A. Zlatkin
Changes in Metallicity and Electronic Structure Across the Surface Ferroelectric Transition of Ultrathin Crystalline Poly(vinylidene Fluoride-Trifluoroethylene) Copolymers, Jaewu Choi, Peter A. Dowben, Shawn Pebley, A.V. Bune, Stephen Ducharme, V.M. Fridkin, S.P. Palto, and N. Petukhova
Critical point in ferroelectric Langmuir-Blodgett polymer films, Stephen Ducharme, A.V. Bune, L.M. Blinov, V.M. Fridkin, S.P. Palto, A.V. Sorokin, and S.G. Yudin
1997
Low-field hole mobility in a photorefractive polymer, Arosha Goonesekera, Stephen Ducharme, James M. Takacs, and Lei Zhang
1995
Novel switching phenomena in ferroelectric Langmuir-Blodgett films, A. Bune, Stephen Ducharme, V.M. Fridkin, L. Blinov, S. Palto, N. Petukhova, and S. Yudin
1991
Observation of the photorefractive effect in a polymer, Stephen Ducharme, J.C. Scott, R.J. Twieg, and W.E. Moerner
1990
Photodarkening profiles and kinetics in chalcogenide glasses, Stephen Ducharme, J. Hautala, and P.C. Taylor
Intracavity frequency doubling of a Nd:YAG laser with an organic nonlinear optical crystal, Stephen Ducharme, W.P. Risk, W.E. Moerner, Victor Y. Lee, R.J. Twieg, and G.C. Bjorklund
1989
Absorption at radio frequencies in superconducting Y1Ba2Cu3Oy, Stephen Ducharme, R. Durny, J. Hautala, D.J. Zheng, P.C. Taylor, O.G. Symko, and S. Kulkarni
1987
Electrooptic and piezoelectric measurements in photorefractive barium titanate and strontium barium niobate, Stephen Ducharme, Jack Feinberg, and R.R. Neurgaonkar
Microwave absorption in the superconducting and normal phases of Y-Ba-Cu-O, R. Durný, J. Hautala, Stephen Ducharme, B. Lee, O.G. Symko, P.C. Taylor, D.J. Zheng, and J.A. Xu
1986
Altering the Photorefractive Properties of BaTiO3 by Reduction and Oxidation at 650 °C, Stephen Ducharme and Jack Feinberg
1984
Speed of the photorefractive effect in a BaTiO3 single crystal, Stephen Ducharme and Jack Feinberg
1983
Thermal Propagation and Stability in Superconducting Films, Kenneth E. Gray, Robert T. Kampwirth, John F. Zasadzinski, and Stephen P. Ducharme