Ferroelectricity in Pb(Zr0.5Ti0.5)O3 thin films: Critical thickness and 180° stripe domains

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2004, Pages

  Wu, Zhongqing ^a   Huang, Ningdong ^a   Liu, Zhirong ^a   Wu, Jian ^a   Duan, Wenhui ^a   Gu, Bing Lin ^a   Zhang, Xiao Wen ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEAD; OXIDE; TITANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DIPOLE; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; FERROELECTRICITY; FILM; MATERIALS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; TENSION; THICKNESS;

EID: 19744382164     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.104108     Document Type: Article

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