Domains in ferroelectric nanodots

Nano Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 3359-3364

  Schilling, A ^a   Byrne, D ^a   Catalan, G ^b   Webber, K G ^c   Genenko, Y A ^c   Wu, G S ^b   Scott, J F ^b   Gregg, J M ^a  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BULK SINGLE CRYSTALS; COMPLEX DOMAINS; DISCLINATIONS; DOMAIN STRUCTURE; EQUILIBRIUM STATE; MESOSCALE; NANO-SCALE DOTS; NANODOTS; PHASE TRANSITION KINETICS; STRIPE DOMAIN;

CURIE TEMPERATURE; ENERGY CONSERVATION; FERROELECTRICITY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SINGLE CRYSTALS;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

BARIUM DERIVATIVE; BARIUM TITANATE; NANOMATERIAL; TITANIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; INSTRUMENTATION; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

BARIUM COMPOUNDS; MATERIALS TESTING; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM;

EID: 70350037674     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl901661a     Document Type: Article

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