Spontaneous emergence of free carrier at phase transitions of insulating BaTiO3 single crystals: Experimental analyses

Ferroelectrics

Volumn 336, Issue , 2006, Pages 169-180

  Yamato, Mizuki ^a   Urakami, Yosuke ^a   Matsumoto, Daisuke ^a   Yoshioka, Hirotaka ^a   Watanabe, Yukio ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anomaly; Conduction; Phase transition; Polarization

Indexed keywords

BARIUM TITANATE; CHARGE CARRIERS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CURRENT MEASUREMENT; ELECTRIC INSULATORS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; STOICHIOMETRY;

ANOMALY; CARRIER GENERATION MECHANISM; CONDUCTION; STOICHIOMETRIC CRYSTALS;

SINGLE CRYSTALS;

EID: 33746787687     PISSN: 00150193     EISSN: 15635112     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1080/00150190600696071     Document Type: Article

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