A complete strain-temperature phase diagram for BiFeO3 films on SrTiO3 and LaAlO3 (0 0 1) substrates

Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Siemons, W ^a   Beekman, C ^a   MacDougall, G J ^a,b   Zarestky, J L ^c,d   Nagler, S E ^a,d   Christen, H M ^a,e  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX PHASE DIAGRAMS; LARGE COMPRESSIVE STRAINS; MAGNETIC TRANSITION TEMPERATURE; PHASE CO-EXISTENCE; SRTIO; STRAIN-TEMPERATURE; STRUCTURAL DISTORTIONS;

EPITAXIAL FILMS; FERROELECTRICITY; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION;

PHASE DIAGRAMS;

EID: 84891131183     PISSN: 00223727     EISSN: 13616463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0022-3727/47/3/034011     Document Type: Article

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