Characterization of ferroelectric domains in morphotropic potassium sodium niobate with scanning probe microscopy

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 90, Issue 25, 2007, Pages

  Herber, Ralf Peter ^a   Schneider, Gerold A ^a   Wagner, Susanne ^b   Hoffmann, Michael J ^b  

^a HAMBURG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAIN GROWTH; PHASE BOUNDARIES; PIEZOELECTRIC CERAMICS; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY;

FERROELECTRIC DOMAIN PATTERNS; PIEZORESPONSE FORCE MICROSCOPY;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 34547341304     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2750395     Document Type: Article

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