Lateral piezoelectric response across ferroelectric domain walls in thin films

Journal of Applied Physics

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2010, Pages

  Guyonnet, J ^a   Bea H ^a,b   Paruch, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPLIED ELECTRIC FIELD; CONSERVATION OF VOLUME; ELECTROSTATIC EFFECT; FERROELECTRIC DOMAINS; MECHANICAL SIMULATIONS; OUT-OF-PLANE; OUT-OF-PLANE COMPONENTS; PIEZOELECTRIC RESPONSE; PIEZORESPONSE; PIEZORESPONSE FORCE MICROSCOPY; UNIT CELLS;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTRIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; FERROELECTRIC FILMS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRIC THIN FILMS; FERROELECTRICITY; POLARIZATION; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

DOMAIN WALLS;

EID: 77956335838     PISSN: 00218979     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3474953     Document Type: Conference Paper

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