Surface chemical and leakage current density characteristics of nanocrystalline Ag-Ba0.5Sr0.5TiO3 thin films

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 88, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 2456-2460

  Jayadevan, Kampurath P ^a   Liu, Chi Yi ^a   Tseng, Tseung Yuen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT DENSITY; FERMI LEVEL; MAGNETIC LEAKAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OXYGEN; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GELS; SOLID SOLUTIONS; SUBSTRATES; THIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTROPHILIC OXYGEN; LEAKAGE CURRENT DENSITY; ORDER OF MAGNITUDE; SURFACE RELAXATION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 27644572564     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2005.00441.x     Document Type: Article

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