Piezoelectric and dielectric tunabilities of ultra-thin ferroelectric heterostructures

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1600-1606

  Zhong, S ^a   Alpay, S P ^a   Nagarajan, V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PERMITTIVITY; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; POLARIZATION; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; RESIDUAL STRESSES;

DIELECTRIC TUNABILITY; PIEZOELECTRIC TUNABILITY; ULTRA-THIN FERROELECTRIC HETEROSTRUCTURES;

FERROELECTRIC THIN FILMS;

EID: 33746178087     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2006.0193     Document Type: Article

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