Ferroelectricity in thin perovskite films

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 75, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 856-858

  Tybell, T ^a   Ahn, C H ^a   Triscone, J M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROELECTRICITY; FILM GROWTH; LEAD COMPOUNDS; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PEROVSKITE; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SPUTTER DEPOSITION; THIN FILMS;

ELECTRIC FIELD MICROSCOPY (EFM); PIEZOELECTRIC MICROSCOPY;

DIELECTRIC FILMS;

EID: 0032615031     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.124536     Document Type: Article

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