Strong polarization enhancement in asymmetric three-component ferroelectric superlattices

Nature

Volumn 433, Issue 7024, 2005, Pages 395-399

  Lee, Ho Nyung ^a   Christen, Hans M ^a   Chisholm, Matthew F ^a   Rouleau, Christopher M ^a   Lowndes, Douglas H ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM TITANATE; DATA ACQUISITION; PEROVSKITE; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; SUPERLATTICES;

CALCIUM TITANATE; FERROELECTRIC SUPERLATTICES; HETEROINTERFACIAL COUPLINGS; PARAELECTRIC MATRIX;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

BARIUM TITANATE; CALCIUM TITANATE; METAL OXIDE; PEROVSKITE; STRONTIUM RUTHENATE; STRONTIUM TITANATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

POLARIZATION;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC PARTICLE; CONDUCTANCE; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELECTRICITY; ENGINEERING; HYPERBARISM; LASER; POLARIZATION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRESS STRAIN RELATIONSHIP; THEORY; THICKNESS;

EID: 13444282077     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03261     Document Type: Article

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