IMF2017

Domain engineering is generally understood as a discipline aimed to modify macroscopic material properties by inducing a desirable domain structure. Recently, however, lots of attention is payed to the properties of individual ferroelectric domain walls. Experimental and theoretical tools allowing to determine local, nanoscale properties become available. Here we would like to consider circumstances under which the properties of ferroelectric domain walls themselves may have an important influence on the overall macroscopic material properties.