Spontaneous and induced surface piezoresponse in PbMg1/3Nb 2/3O3 single crystals

Zeitschrift fur Kristallographie

Volumn 226, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 108-112

  Shvartsman, Vladimir V ^a   Kholkin, Andrei L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Lead magnesium niobate; Piezoresponse force microscopy; Polar nanoregions; Polarization relaxation; Relaxors

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951598339     PISSN: 00442968     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1524/zkri.2011.1296     Document Type: Article

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