Observing the superparaelectric limit of relaxor (Na 1/2Bi 1/2) 0.9Ba 0.1TiO 3 nanocrystals

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2006, Pages

  Tiruvalam, Ramchandra ^a   Kundu, Animesh ^a   Soukhojak, Andrey ^a   Jesse, Stephen ^b   Kalinin, Sergei V ^b  

^a LEHIGH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NANOACTUATORS; NANOSENSORS; PFM IMAGING; PIEZORESPONSE FORCE MICROSCOPY (PFM);

CANTILEVER BEAMS; DATA STORAGE EQUIPMENT; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; POLARIZATION; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33748687016     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2337880     Document Type: Article

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