Size and interface effects on Curie temperature of perovskite ferroelectric nanosolids

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 595-603

  Lang, X Y ^a   Jiang, Q ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Curie temparature; Ferroelectrics; Interface; Modeling; Nanoparticles; Size effect

Indexed keywords

CURIE TEMPERATURE; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PEROVSKITE; POLARIZATION;

LOW-DIMENSIONAL FERROELECTRICS; MISFIT STRAIN; SPONTANEOUS POLARIZATION;

NANOPARTICLES;

BARIUM; IRON DERIVATIVE; LEAD; NANOPARTICLE; NANOWIRE; PEROVSKITE; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; FILM; POLARIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID STATE; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 34249041732     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-005-9066-1     Document Type: Article

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