Domain switching in polycrystalline ferroelectric ceramics

Nature Materials

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 776-781

  Li, J Y ^a   Rogan, R C ^b,c   Ustundag E ^c   Bhattacharya, K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

^c Iowa State University of Science and Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FERROELECTRIC CERAMICS; POLARIZATION; POLYCRYSTALS; SINGLE CRYSTALS; SWITCHING;

DOMAIN SWITCHING; GENERIC POLYCRYSTAL; MECHANICAL LOAD; POLYCRYSTALLINE FERROELECTRIC CERAMICS;

POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS;

IRON;

ARTICLE; CERAMICS; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELASTICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; MATERIALS TESTING; MECHANICAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY;

CERAMICS; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; ELASTICITY; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; IRON; MATERIALS TESTING; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; STRESS, MECHANICAL;

EID: 25844461728     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat1485     Document Type: Article

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