Structurally frustrated polar nanoregions in BaTi O3 -based relaxor ferroelectric systems

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  Liu, Y ^a   Withers, R L ^a   Nguyen, B ^a   Elliott, K ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; CORRELATION METHODS; DIPOLE MOMENT; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ONE DIMENSIONAL; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

ANTICORRELATED DISPLACEMENTS; FERROELECTRIC SYSTEMS; HOMOGENEOUS STRAIN DISTORTION; POLAR NANOREGIONS;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 35248890344     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2790481     Document Type: Article

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