Domainlike precursor clusters in the paraelectric phase of the uniaxial relaxor Sr0.61Ba0.39Nb2O6

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 89, Issue 21, 2006, Pages

  Dec, Jan ^a,b   Shvartsman, Vladimir V ^a   Kleemann, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM; CREEP; ELECTRIC CHARGE; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; QUENCHING; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STRONTIUM; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DYNAMIC MODES; PARAELECTRIC PHASE; PIEZORESPONSE MICROSCOPY; POLAR NANOREGIONS (PNR);

DIELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 33845463723     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2392989     Document Type: Article

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