The size-dependent ferroelectric phase transition in BaTiO3 nanocrystals probed by surface plasmons

ACS Nano

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 507-515

  Szwarcman, Daniel ^a   Vestler, Daniel ^a   Markovich, Gil ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Barium titanate nanocrystals; Ferroelectric size effects; Local surface plasmon resonance; Surface effects; Thermal hysteresis

Indexed keywords

FERROELECTRIC BEHAVIOR; FERROELECTRIC NANOCRYSTALS; FERROELECTRIC PHASE TRANSITION; FINITE SIZE EFFECT; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; LOCAL SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCES; LOCALIZED SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; NANOCUBES; SIZE DEPENDENCE; SIZE EFFECTS; SURFACE EFFECT; SURFACE EFFECTS; SURFACE PLASMONS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TEMPERATURE-DEPENDENT RAMAN; THERMAL HYSTERESIS;

BARIUM; BARIUM TITANATE; FERROELECTRICITY; NANOCRYSTALS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PLASMONS; PROBES; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 79959968245     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn102385e     Document Type: Article

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