Thickness scaling of ferroelastic domains in PbTiO3 films on DyScO3

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 14, 2013, Pages

  Nesterov, O ^a   Matzen, S ^a   Magen, C ^b   Vlooswijk, A H G ^a   Catalan, G ^c   Noheda, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b FUNDACIÓN ARAID   (Spain)

^c CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANISOTROPY; DOMAIN WALLS; LEAD TITANATE; TITANIUM COMPOUNDS;

ANISOTROPIC ELASTIC; DOMAIN WALL NUCLEATIONS; FERROELASTIC DOMAINS; IN-PLANE ANISOTROPY; SCALING EXPONENT; SQUARE ROOTS; THICKNESS DEPENDENCE; THICKNESS SCALING;

DYSPROSIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84885615186     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4823536     Document Type: Article

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