Grain-boundary and crack effects on the dielectric response of high-permittivity films and ceramics

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 22, 2002, Pages 4224-4226

  Rychetsky I ^a   Petzelt, J ^a   Ostapchuk, T ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COATED MATERIALS; CRACKS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; HARDENING; PERMITTIVITY; REDUCTION;

GENERALIZED EFFECTIVE-MEDIUM APPROXIMATION;

CERAMIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0037175894     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1525394     Document Type: Article

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