Ferroelectric domains and twinning in high-quality SrBi 2Ta 2O 9 single crystals

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 6, 2006, Pages

  Amorin H ^a   Shvartsman, V V ^a   Bdikin, I K ^a   Costa, M E V ^a   Kholkin, A L ^a   Pertsev, N A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AVEIRO   (Portugal)

^b IOFFE INSTITUTE   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROELECTRIC PHASE TRANSITION; PIEZOELECTRIC FORCE MICROSCOPY;

FERROELECTRIC CERAMICS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; PIEZOELECTRICITY; TWINNING; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

STRONTIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84855876118     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2162704     Document Type: Article

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