Electromechanical imaging and spectroscopy of ferroelectric and piezoelectric materials: State of the art and prospects for the future

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1629-1647

  Balke, Nina ^a   Bdikin, Igor ^b   Kalinin, Sergei V ^a   Kholkin, Andrei L ^c  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOMAIN PINNING BEHAVIOR; DOMAIN STRUCTURE; ELECTROMECHANICAL PHENOMENON; ELECTROMECHANICAL PROPERTY; IMPRINT MAPPING; INHOMOGENEITIES; LOCAL SWITCHING; MACROSCOPIC PROPERTIES; MICRO ELECTRO MECHANICAL SYSTEM; MICROMETER SCALE; NANO SCALE; PIEZORESPONSE FORCE MICROSCOPY; POLARIZATION DYNAMICS; POLYCRYSTALLINE; POLYCRYSTALLINE FERROELECTRICS; PZT FILM; RELAXORS; STATE OF THE ART; STATIC AND DYNAMIC; VERSATILE TOOLS;

FERROELECTRIC CERAMICS; FERROELECTRICITY; MEMS; MICROELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS; PIEZOELECTRIC TRANSDUCERS; POLARIZATION;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 68849111815     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2009.03240.x     Document Type: Article

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