Unusual phase transitions in ferroelectric nanodisks and nanorods

Nature

Volumn 432, Issue 7018, 2004, Pages 737-740

  Naumov, Ivan I ^a   Bellaiche, L ^a   Fu, Huaxiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

BULK FERROELECTRICS; NANOSCALE DISKS; SPONTANEOUS POLARIZATION; STRUCTURAL BISTABILITY;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

NANOPARTICLE;

PHYSICS;

AB INITIO CALCULATION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL BOND; DEPOLARIZATION; DEVICE; DIPOLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODE; ENERGY TRANSFER; ENTROPY; EXPERIMENT; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETIC FIELD; MICROSCOPY; PARAMETER; PARTICLE SIZE; PHASE TRANSITION; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RANDOMIZATION; SAMPLE; SIMULATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 10644220241     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03107     Document Type: Article

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