Ferroelectricity in ultrathin perovskite films

Science

Volumn 304, Issue 5677, 2004, Pages 1650-1653

  Fong, Dillon D ^a   Stephenson, G Brian ^a   Streiffer, Stephen K ^a   Eastman, Jeffrey A ^a   Aucielo, Orlando ^a   Fuoss, Paul H ^a   Thompson, Carol ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROELECTRICITY; LEAD COMPOUNDS; PEROVSKITE; SYNCHROTRONS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

FERROELECTRIC PHASES; FILM THICKNESS;

ULTRATHIN FILMS;

BARIUM; LEAD; METAL OXIDE; PEROVSKITE; STRONTIUM; TITANIUM; ZIRCONIUM;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICITY; FERROELECTRICITY; FILM; PIEZOELECTRICITY; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; STOICHIOMETRY; TEMPERATURE; THICKNESS; X RAY;

EID: 2942670851     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1098252     Document Type: Article

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