Effect of Nb doping on highly {100}-textured PZT films grown on CSD-prepared PbTiO 3 seed layers

Integrated Ferroelectrics

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Zhong, Jian ^a,b,d   Kotru, Sushma ^a,b   Han, Hui ^a   Jackson, John ^a   Pandey, Raghvendra K ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b University of Alabama   (United States)

^c Texas State University   (United States)

^d SEAGATE TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

doping; Nb; piezoelectric film; PZT; transverse piezoelectric coefficient

Indexed keywords

DOPING LEVELS; EFFECTIVE TRANSVERSE PIEZOELECTRIC COEFFICIENT; NB DOPING; PIEZOELECTRIC FILM; PZT; PZT FILM; SEED LAYER; SEEDING LAYERS; TIO; TRANSVERSE PIEZOELECTRIC COEFFICIENTS;

DOPING (ADDITIVES); LEAD; NIOBIUM; PIEZOELECTRICITY; ZIRCONIUM;

SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING;

EID: 84857886478     PISSN: 10584587     EISSN: 16078489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10584587.2011.620426     Document Type: Article

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