23 pages. -- PDF file includes: I. Literature Review on Electrical and Structural Properties of Ferroelectric Thin Film. -- II. Coercive Field in BaTiO3 Thin Films Grown on SrTiO3/Si Substrates. -- I. Structural Characterization of BaTiO3 Thin Films Grown at Different Pressures. -- II. Polarization-Electric Field Hysteresis Loops of BaTiO3 Films. -- III. Stoichiometry Characterization. -- IV. Study of Different Electrode Synthesis and Fabrication Processes. -- V. Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy Studies. -- VI. Structural Characterization of 125-225 nm BaTiO3 Thin Films. -- VII. Reciprocal Space Mapping of 12.5-100 nm BaTiO3 Thin Films Grown at 60 mTorr. -- VIII. Polarization-Voltage/Electric Field Hysteresis Loops of BaTiO3 Thin Films. -- IX. Piezoresponse Force Microscopy Scans of 25-nm-thick BaTiO3 Thin Film. -- X. Fatigue and Retention Measurements. -- XI. Switching-Dynamics Measurements on 25 nm BaTiO3 Thin Films. -- XII. Lateral Size-Scaling on 50 nm and 100 nm BaTiO3 Thin Films. -- XIII. Structural Characterization of BaTiO3 Grown on SrTiO3/Si Substrates. -- XIV. Dielectric Constant-Voltage Measurement

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