Ferroelectric hysteresis loops of (Pb, Ca)TiO3 thin films under spherical indentation

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 85, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 2023-2025

  Alguero M ^a   Calzada, M L ^a   Bushby, A J ^b   Reece, M J ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIA DE MATERIALES DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYSTERESIS; INDENTATION; LEAD; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; POLARIZATION; PRESSURE EFFECTS; SCANNING; STRESS ANALYSIS; THERMODYNAMICS; THIN FILMS;

FERROELECTRIC SWITCHING; INDENTATION FORCES; SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY (SFM);

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 5444233504     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1787594     Document Type: Article

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