Finite-size effects in BaTiO3 nanowires

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Geneste, Grégory ^a   Bousquet, Eric ^a   Junquera, Javier ^b   Ghosez, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; STRAIN; TENSILE STRENGTH;

FERROELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FINITE-SIZE EFFECTS; NANOWIRES; WIRE SURFACE;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33645146009     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2186104     Document Type: Article

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