title: Synthesis of highly strained mesostructured SrTiO(3)/BaTiO(3) composite films with robust ferroelectricity.
abstract: A new class of highly stable ferroelectric material, that is, a mesostructured SrTiO(3)/BaTiO(3) composite film, obtained by a surfactant-templated sol-gel method is reported. Due to the concave surface geometry and abundant hetero-interface between SrTiO(3) (ST) and BaTiO(3) (BT) phases, a large number of strains can be created in the composite film, thereby leading to dramatic enhancement of ferroelectric property (see scheme).
authors: World Premier International (WPI) Research Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA), National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), 1-1 Namiki, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0044, Japan.
authors: Norihiro
authors: N
authors: Suzuki
authors: Mohamed B
authors: MB
authors: Zakaria
authors: Nagy L
authors: NL
authors: Torad
authors: Kevin C-W
authors: KC
authors: Wu
authors: Yoshihiro
authors: Y
authors: Nemoto
authors: Masataka
authors: M
authors: Imura
authors: Minoru
authors: M
authors: Osada
authors: Yusuke
authors: Y
authors: Yamauchi