Stripe domain structure in epitaxial (001) BiFeO 3 thin films on orthorhombic TbScO 3 substrate

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 25, 2009, Pages

  Folkman, C M ^a   Baek, S H ^a   Jang, H W ^a   Eom, C B ^a   Nelson, C T ^b   Pan, X Q ^b   Li, Y L ^c,e   Chen, L Q ^c   Kumar, A ^c   Gopalan, V ^c   Streiffer, S K ^d  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^e PACIFIC NORTHWEST NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMAIN ENGINEERING; ELECTRICAL TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; EPITAXIAL THIN FILMS; FERROELASTIC; FERROELASTIC DOMAINS; FERROELECTRIC DOMAIN STRUCTURE; HIGH-CRYSTALLINE QUALITY; SPONTANEOUS POLARIZATIONS; STRIPE DOMAIN STRUCTURES; STRIPE PATTERN; TWO DOMAINS; VERTICAL BOUNDARIES; VERTICAL WALL;

CRYSTALS; DOMAIN WALLS; EPITAXIAL FILMS; FERROELECTRIC FILMS; FERROELECTRICITY; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; SEMICONDUCTING BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 67649514840     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3152009     Document Type: Article

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