Influence of Precursor Solutions on the Ferroelectric Properties of Sol-Gel-Derived Lanthanum-Modified Lead Titanate (PLT) Thin Films

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 87, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 384-390

  Bhaskar, S ^a,b   Majumder, S B ^a   Fachini, E R ^a   Katiyar, R S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; CRYSTALLIZATION; FERROELECTRICITY; LEAD COMPOUNDS; LEAKAGE CURRENTS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PYROLYSIS; RANDOM ACCESS STORAGE; SOL-GELS; STABILIZERS (AGENTS);

CHELATING AGENTS; MICROSTRUCTURAL PROPERTIES;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 1842686828     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2004.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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