Ferroelectric domain structures in SrBi 2Nb 2O 9 epitaxial thin films: Electron microscopy and phase-field simulations

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 95, Issue 11 I, 2004, Pages 6332-6340

  Li, Y L ^a   Chen, L Q ^a   Asayama, G ^a   Schlom, D G ^a   Zurbuchen, M A ^b   Streiffer, S K ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPITAXIAL THIN FILMS; FERROELASTIC DISTORTIONS; FERROELECTRIC DOMAIN STRUCTURES; PHASE-FIELD SIMULATIONS;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PERMITTIVITY; POLARIZATION; REMANENCE; STRAIN; STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS; THIN FILMS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; VOLUME FRACTION;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 2942644522     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1707211     Document Type: Article

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