Stationary domain wall contribution to enhanced ferroelectric susceptibility

Nature Communications

Volumn 5, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Xu, Ruijuan ^a   Karthik, J ^a   Damodaran, Anoop R ^a   Martin, Lane W ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; MICROSCOPY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PERMITTIVITY;

ARTICLE; DENSITY; ELECTRIC FIELD; ELECTRICAL PARAMETERS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FERROELECTRICITY; FILM; MEASUREMENT; PIEZOELECTRICITY; PIEZORESPONSE FORCE MICROSCOPY; POLARIZATION; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT; STATIC ELECTRICITY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 84892733971     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4120     Document Type: Article

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