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Integrated Ferroelectrics
An International Journal
Volume 4, 1994 - Issue 1
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Built-in electric field assisted nucleation and coercive fields in ferroelectric thin films

A. K. Tagantsev Laboratoire de Céramique, Département des Matériaux, Ecole Polytechnique Féderate de Lausanne, Lausanne, CH, 1015, Switzerland
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Cz. Pawlaczyk Laboratoire de Céramique, Département des Matériaux, Ecole Polytechnique Féderate de Lausanne, Lausanne, CH, 1015, Switzerland; Institute of Molecular Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, Poznan, Poland
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K. Brooks Laboratoire de Céramique, Département des Matériaux, Ecole Polytechnique Féderate de Lausanne, Lausanne, CH, 1015, Switzerland
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N. Setter Laboratoire de Céramique, Département des Matériaux, Ecole Polytechnique Féderate de Lausanne, Lausanne, CH, 1015, Switzerland
Pages 1-12 | Received 16 Aug 1993, Published online: 11 Oct 2011

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