Atomic-scale evolution of modulated phases at the ferroelectric- antiferroelectric morphotropic phase boundary controlled by flexoelectric interaction

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Borisevich, A Y ^a   Eliseev, E A ^b   Morozovska, A N ^c   Cheng, C J ^d   Lin, J Y ^e   Chu, Y H ^e   Kan, D ^f,g   Takeuchi, I ^f   Nagarajan, V ^d   Kalinin, S V ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b FRANTSEVICH INSTITUTE FOR PROBLEMS OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Ukraine)

^c INSTITUTE OF HYDROBIOLOGY   (Ukraine)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^e NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^g KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH DERIVATIVE; SAMARIUM;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL, PHYSICAL AND MATHEMATICAL PHENOMENA; FLEXOELECTRIC INTERACTION; MORPHOTROPIC PHASE BOUNDARY; POLARIZATION;

EID: 84860308020     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1778     Document Type: Article

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