Scanning probe microscopy applied to the study of domains and domain walls in a ferroelectric KNbO3 crystal

Boletin de la Sociedad Espanola de Ceramica y Vidrio

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 218-222

  Canet Ferrer, J ^a   Martin Carron L ^a   Valdes J L ^a   Martinez Pastor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Domain wall; Ferroelectric; SNOM and AFM

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DOMAIN WALLS; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FERROELECTRICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; LIGHT TRANSMISSION; NIOBIUM COMPOUNDS; POLARIZATION; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; TOPOGRAPHY;

EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; FERROELECTRIC DOMAINS; FERROELECTRIC SURFACES; FLAT SURFACES; POLARIZATION FIELD; SAMPLE SURFACE; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY TECHNIQUES; SPONTANEOUS POLARIZATIONS;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 33745386415     PISSN: 03663175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3989/cyv.2006.v45.i3.309     Document Type: Article

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