Fig. 2

Suppression of polarization. Apparent remanent polarization, i.e. the displacement at zero applied voltage, as a function of the ratio of capacitances, Cferro/Cser, for a Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 (PZT) and b poly(vinylidenefluoride–trifluoroethylene) [P(VDF–TrFE)] in serial circuits. The open circles are extracted from Fig. 1b, e. Solid circles are obtained from transient measurements described in the next section. Solid lines present graphically extracted values as discussed in Supplementary Note 3