Direct observation of pinning centers in ferroelectrics

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2006, Pages

  Agronin, Alex ^a   Rosenwaks, Yossi ^a   Rosenman, Gil ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFECT CONCENTRATION; DOMAIN DECAY PROCESS; FERROELECTRIC DOMAIN PINNING CENTERS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; LITHIUM NIOBATE; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; STOICHIOMETRY;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 32944477857     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2172230     Document Type: Article

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