Epitaxial lead zirconate titanate nanocrystals obtained by a self-patterning method

Integrated Ferroelectrics

Volumn 61, Issue , 2004, Pages 231-238

  Szafraniak, I ^a,b   Chu, M W ^a   Harnagea, C ^a,c   Scholz, R ^a   Hesse, D ^a   Alexe, M ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MICROSTRUCTURE PHYSICS   (Germany)

^b POZNAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c INRS EMT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Ferroelectric epitaxial nanosize crystals; Piezoresponse AFM; PZT; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; EPITAXIAL GROWTH; LEAD COMPOUNDS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRATHIN FILMS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FERROELECTRIC EPITAXIAL NANOSIZE CRYSTALS; PIEZORESPONSE FORCE MICROSCOPY; PIEZORESPONSE-AFM; PZT;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33751191202     PISSN: 10584587     EISSN: 16078489     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1080/10584580490460123     Document Type: Article

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