Origin of giant dielectric response in nonferroelectric CaCu 3Ti4O12: Inhomogeneous conduction nature probed by atomic force microscopy

Chemistry of Materials

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1694-1698

  Fu, Desheng ^a,b   Taniguchi, Hiroki ^b   Taniyama, Tomoyasu ^b   Itoh, Mitsuru ^b   Koshihara, Shin Ya ^a,b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; GRAIN BOUNDARIES;

GIANT DIELECTRIC RESPONSE; INHOMOGENEOUS CONDUCTION;

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 42449116699     PISSN: 08974756     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cm0710507     Document Type: Article

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