Electrode size and boundary condition independent measurement of the effective piezoelectric coefficient of thin films

APL Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2015, Pages

  Stewart, M ^a   Lepadatu, S ^a   McCartney, L N ^a   Cain, M G ^a   Wright, L ^a   Crain, J ^a,b   Newns, D M ^c   Martyna, G J ^c  

^a NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

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EID: 84923862459     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2166532X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4907954     Document Type: Article

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