Table of Contents: Vol. 43, No. 9B (2004)

Special Issue: Ferroelectrics

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• Thin films
• Ferroelectrics
• Piezoelectrics
• Microwave Materials
• Polymers
• Fundamentals

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Thin films

6521-6524 : Dielectric Properties of BaTiO₃ Thin Films Derived from Clear Emulsion of Well-Dispersed Nanosized BaTiO₃ Particles

Yasuhisa Yamashita, Hiroshi Yamamoto and Yukio Sakabe
Published September 22, 2004
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6525-6529 : Grain Size Effect on Dielectric and Piezoelectric Properties of Alkoxy-Derived BaTiO₃-Based Thin Films

Kiyotaka Tanaka, Kazuyuki Suzuki, Desheng Fu, Kaori Nishizawa, Takeshi Miki and Kazumi Kato
Published September 22, 2004
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6530-6534 : Preparation and Dielectric Properties of SrZrO₃/SrTiO₃ Superlattices

Takakiyo Harigai, Daisuke Tanaka, Song-Min Nam, Hirofumi Kakemoto, Satoshi Wada, Keisuke Saito and Takaaki Tsurumi
Published September 22, 2004
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6535-6538 : Epitaxial PbTiO₃ Thin Films on SrTiO₃(100) and SrRuO₃/SrTiO₃(100) Substrates Deposited by a Hydrothermal Method

Takeshi Morita and Yasuo Cho
Published September 22, 2004
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6539-6542 : Microstructures of Self-Assembled PbTiO₃ Nanoislands Prepared by Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition

Hajime Nonomura, Hironori Fujisawa, Masaru Shimizu, Hirohiko Niu and Koichiro Honda
Published September 22, 2004
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6543-6548 : Electro-Optical Properties and Structures of (Pb, La)(Zr, Ti)O₃ and PbTiO₃ Films Prepared Using Aerosol Deposition Method

Masafumi Nakada, Keishi Ohashi and Jun Akedo
Published September 22, 2004
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6549-6553 : Effect of Back-Etching on Residual Stress in Lead Titanate Thin Films on Si Wafer

Tomoya Ohno, Hisao Suzuki, Hirohisa Masui, Kenji Ishikawa and Masayuki Fujimoto
Published September 22, 2004
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6554-6557 : Electrical Properties and Microstructure of Lead Zirconate Titanate Thin Film In Situ Grown by Hybrid Processing:Sol-Gel Method and Pulsed Laser Deposition

Zhan Jie Wang, Hiroyuki Kokawa, Ryutaro Maeda and Masaaki Ichiki
Published September 22, 2004
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6558-6561 : Ferroelectric Properties of Dysprosium-Substituted Lead Zirconate Titanate Thin Films Fabricated by Chemical Solution Deposition

Hiroshi Nakaki, Hiroshi Uchida, Shintaro Yokoyama, Hiroshi Funakubo and Seiichiro Koda
Published September 22, 2004
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6562-6566 : Improvement in Homogeneity and Ferroelectric Property of Mist Deposition Derived Pb(Zr,Ti)O₃ Thin Films by Substrate Surface Treatment

Susumu Kawasaki, Shin-ichi Motoyama, Toshiaki Tatsuta, Osamu Tsuji, Soichiro Okamura and Tadashi Shiosaki
Published September 22, 2004
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6567-6570 : Crystal Orientation Dependence on Electrical Properties of Pb(Zr,Ti)O₃ Thick Films Grown on Si Substrates by Metalorganic Chemical Vapor Deposition

Shoji Okamoto, Shintaro Yokoyama, Yoshihisa Honda, Gouji Asano and Hiroshi Funakubo
Published September 22, 2004
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6571-6575 : Piezoresponse Force Microscopy Observations of Switching Behavior in Pb(Zr,Ti)O₃ Capacitors

Hironori Fujisawa, Masaru Shimizu and Hirohiko Niu
Published September 22, 2004
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6576-6580 : Investigation into Electrical Conduction Mechanisms of Pb(Zr,Ti)O₃ Thin-Film Capacitors with Pt, IrO₂ and SrRuO₃ Top Electrodes

Yoichiro Masuda and Takashi Nozaka
Published September 22, 2004
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6581-6584 : Fabrications of Pb(Sc_1/2Nb_1/2)O₃/xPbTiO₃ Thin Films and Their Structural Characterizations

Shutaro Asanuma, Mamoru Fukunaga, Yoshiaki Uesu, Raphael Haumont, Brahim Dkhil, Charlotte Malibert and Jean-Michel Kiat
Published September 22, 2004
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6585-6589 : Ferroelectric Properties of Bi₄Ti₃O₁₂ Thin Films Prepared on TiO₂ Anatase Layer

Tohru Higuchi, Makoto Nakamura, Yuji Hachisu, Masanori Saitoh, Takeshi Hattori and Takeyo Tsukamoto
Published September 22, 2004
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6590-6593 : Ferroelectric Properties of Mn-Doped Bi_3.6La_0.4Ti₃O₁₂ Thin Films Prepared under Different Annealing Conditions

Jong-Pil Kim, Jae-Yeol Hwang, Chae-Ryong Cho, Min-Ki Ryu, Min-Su Jang and Se-Young Jeong
Published September 22, 2004
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6594-6598 : Phase Formations and Electrical Properties of Bi_3.15La_0.85Ti₃O₁₂ and Sm-Doped Bi_3.073La_0.85Sm_0.077Ti₃O₁₂ Thin Films with Annealing Temperature

Sang-Ouk Ryu, Nam-Yeal Lee, Won-Jae Lee and Soon-Gil Yoon
Published September 22, 2004
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6599-6603 : Fabrication and Properties of Ge-Doped (Bi,Nd)₄Ti₃O₁₂ Thin Films by Chemical Solution Deposition

Wataru Sakamoto, Yu-ki Mizutani, Naoya Iizawa, Toshinobu Yogo, Takashi Hayashi and Shin-ichi Hirano
Published September 22, 2004
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6604-6608 : Preparation of m=1–2 Series Natural-Superlattice-Structured Bismuth-Layer-Structured Ferroelectric Thin Films

Akira Shibuya, Minoru Noda, Masanori Okuyama and Keisuke Saito
Published September 22, 2004
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6609-6612 : Synthesis of Bi(Fe_xAl_1-x)O₃ Thin Films by Pulsed Laser Deposition and Its Structural Characterization

Morihiro Okada, Takeshi Yoshimura, Atsushi Ashida and Norifumi Fujimura
Published September 22, 2004
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6613-6616 : Pulsed-Laser-Deposited YMnO₃ Epitaxial Films with Square Polarization-Electric Field Hysteresis Loop and Low-Temperature Growth

Norimichi Shigemitsu, Hironori Sakata, Daisuke Ito, Takeshi Yoshimura, Atsushi Ashida and Norifumi Fujimura
Published September 22, 2004
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6617-6621 : Structural and Ferroelectric Properties of Ba₂NaNb₅O₁₅ Thin Films on La-Doped SrTiO₃ Substrates

Takayuki Kamei, Tohru Higuchi, Minoru Sogawa, Yoshiki Ebina, Takeshi Hattori, Yoichiro Masuda and Takeyo Tsukamoto
Published September 22, 2004
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6622-6626 : Fabrication of KNbO₃ Epitaxial Thin Films on Sapphire Substrates by Pulsed Laser Deposition

Takamitsu Higuchi, Taku Aoyama, Setsuya Iwashita, Takeshi Kijima and Tatsuya Shimoda
Published September 22, 2004
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6627-6631 : Pulsed Laser Deposition of High-Quality (K,Na)NbO₃ Thin Films on SrTiO₃ Substrate Using High-Density Ceramic Targets

Takehisa Saito, Takahiro Wada, Hideaki Adachi and Isaku Kanno
Published September 22, 2004
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6632-6634 : Evaluation of Bit Error Rate for Ferroelectric Data Storage

Yoshiomi Hiranaga and Yasuo Cho
Published September 22, 2004
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6635-6639 : Investigation of Ru/TiN Bottom Electrodes Prepared by Chemical Vapor Deposition

Sang Yeol Kang, Beom Seok Kim, Cheol Seong Hwang, Hyeong Joon Kim, Jin Yong Kim, Kwanghee Lee, Han-Jin Lim, Cha-Young Yoo and Sung-Tae Kim
Published September 22, 2004
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Ferroelectrics

6640-6644 : Relationship between Microstructural Evolution and Electrical Properties in Ba(Ti, Zr)O₃-Based Materials for Ni-MLCC

Youichi Mizuno, Koichiro Morita, Tomoya Hagiwara, Hiroshi Kishi, Kenji Ohnuma and Hitoshi Ohsato
Published September 22, 2004
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6645-6648 : Crystal-Oriented Bi₄Ti₃O₁₂ Ceramics Fabricated by High-Magnetic-Field Method

Yutaka Doshida, Koichiro Tsuzuku, Hiroshi Kishi, Atsushi Makiya, Satoshi Tanaka, Keizo Uematsu and Tsunehisa Kimura
Published September 22, 2004
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6649-6652 : Oxygen Vacancy Migration and Dispersive Photoconductivity in Bi₄Ti₃O_12-d

Minoru Osada, Masaru Tada, Masato Kakihana, Yuji Noguchi and Masaru Miyayama
Published September 22, 2004
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6653-6657 : Polarization Properties of Superlattice-Structured Bi₄Ti₃O₁₂-BaBi₄Ti₄O₁₅ Single Crystals and Ceramics: Comparison with Bi₄Ti₃O₁₂ and BaBi₄Ti₄O₁₅

Tomo Kobayashi, Yuji Noguchi and Masaru Miyayama
Published September 22, 2004
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6658-6661 : Crystal Growth and Characterization of Pb₂KNb₅O₁₅

Hideo Kimura, Koji Maiwa, Akimitsu Miyazaki, Hiroaki Nakamura, Zhenxiang Cheng and Kannan Chinna Venkadasamy
Published September 22, 2004
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6662-6666 : Structure and Electrical Properties of Lead-Free (Na_0.5K_0.5)NbO₃-BaTiO₃ Ceramics

Yiping Guo, Ken-ichi Kakimoto and Hitoshi Ohsato
Published September 22, 2004
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6667-6671 : Optical and Electrical Studies on Trivalent-Ion (Cr, Fe)-Doped Potassium Titanyl Phosphate Single Crystals

Chinna Venkadasamy Kannan, Hideo Kimura, Akimitsu Miyazaki and Perumalsamy Ramasamy
Published September 22, 2004
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Piezoelectrics

6672-6674 : Bonding of Lead Zirconate Titanate Ceramics to Si Single Crystals for Microdevices

Katsuhiko Tanaka, Takahiro Konishi, Wataru Kuze and Susumu Sugiyama
Published September 22, 2004
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6675-6678 : Pressure Dependence of Piezoelectric Properties of Pb(Zn_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃-PbTiO₃ Binary System Single Crystal near a Morphotropic Phase Boundary

Naohiko Yasuda, Yuuki Itoh, Hidehiro Ohwa, Mituyoshi Matushita, Yohachi Yamashita, Makoto Iwata and Yoshihiro Ishibashi
Published September 22, 2004
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6679-6682 : High Dielectric Constant and Large Electromechanical Coupling Factor Relaxor-Based Piezoelectric Ceramics

Yohachi John Yamashita and Yasuharu Hosono
Published September 22, 2004
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6683-6688 : Enhancement of Piezoelectric Properties of Low-Temperature-Fabricated Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃-PbZrO₃-PbTiO₃ Ceramics with LiBiO₂ Sintering Aid by Post-Annealing Process

Takashi Hayashi, Tomoyuki Hasegawa and Yoshikazu Akiyama
Published September 22, 2004
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6689-6691 : Piezoelectric Properties of Polar-Axis-Oriented Ferroelectric Bi_4-xPr_xTi₃O₁₂ Thick Films

Hirofumi Matsuda, Sachiko Ito, Takashi Iijima, Tsubasa Mashimo, Hirotake Okino and Takashi Yamamoto
Published September 22, 2004
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6692-6700 : Enhanced Piezoelectric Properties of Potassium Niobate Single Crystals by Domain Engineering

Satoshi Wada, Kazuma Muraoka, Hirofumi Kakemoto, Takaaki Tsurumi and Hirohiko Kumagai
Published September 22, 2004
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6701-6705 : Effect of Poling Field on Piezoelectric Properties of KNbO₃ Crystal Grown by Vertical Bridgman Method

Kenichi Kudo, Kenji Kakiuchi, Naoyuki Endo, Noriko Bamba, Keigo Hoshikawa and Tatsuo Fukami
Published September 22, 2004
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6706-6710 : Solid-Solution Structure and Piezoelectric Property of KNbO₃ Ceramics Doped with Small Amounts of Elements

Ken-ichi Kakimoto, Izumi Masuda and Hitoshi Ohsato
Published September 22, 2004
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6711-6715 : Influence of Mixing Condition and Nonstoichiometry on Piezoelectric Properties of (K, Na, Pb)NbO₃ Ceramics

Shinjiro Tashiro and Kunihiro Nagata
Published September 22, 2004
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6716-6720 : Evaluation of Material Constants and Temperature Properties in Lanthanum Calcium Oxoborate LaCa₄O(BO₃)₃ Single Crystals

Hiroyuki Shimizu, Kaoru Kodama, Hiroaki Takeda, Takashi Nishida, Takashi Shikida, Soichiro Okamura and Tadashi Shiosaki
Published September 22, 2004
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6721-6724 : Piezoelectric Properties of Ca₃NbGa₃Si₂O₁₄ Single Crystal

Tomoaki Karaki, Ryoko Sato, Masatoshi Adachi, Jun-ichi Kushibiki and Mototaka Arakawa
Published September 22, 2004
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6725-6727 : Piezoelectric Microactuators for Use in Magnetic Disk Drives

Kazuaki Kurihara, Masaharu Hida, Shigeyoshi Umemiya and Shingi Koganezawa
Published September 22, 2004
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6728-6732 : Ultrasonic Linear Motor with Two Independent Vibrations

Takeshi Muneishi and Yoshiro Tomikawa
Published September 22, 2004
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6733-6739 : A Novel Generation Method of Dielectric Barrier Discharge and Ozone Production Using a Piezoelectric Transformer

Kenji Teranishi, Susumu Suzuki and Haruo Itoh
Published September 22, 2004
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Microwave Materials

6740-6745 : Characterization of Thin-Film Decoupling and High-Frequency (Ba,Sr)TiO₃ Capacitors on Al₂O₃ Ceramic Substrates

Ivoyl P. Koutsaroff, Thomas A. Bernacki, Marina Zelner, Andrew Cervin-Lawry, Takehito Jimbo and Koukou Suu
Published September 22, 2004
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6746-6749 : A K-Band Distributed Analog Phase Shifter Using Etched Ba_0.6Sr_0.4TiO₃ Thin Films

Han-cheol Ryu, Seung Eon Moon, Su-jae Lee, Min-hwan Kwak, Young-tae Kim and Kwang-young Kang
Published September 22, 2004
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6750-6754 : High Dielectric Tunability of (Ba, Sr)TiO₃ Thin Films and Their Coplanar Waveguide Phase Shifter Applications

Su-Jae Lee, Seung Eun Moon, Min-Hwan Kwak, Han-Cheol Ryu, Young-Tae Kim and Kwang-Yong Kang
Published September 22, 2004
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6755-6758 : Novel Evaluation Method of the Complex Dielectric Constant of High-Permittivity Material at Microwave Frequency

Kikuo Wakino, Sousuke Kumagai, Takeshi Shiraishi, Toshihide Kitazawa, Takashi Fujii and Akira Ando
Published September 22, 2004
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6759-6764 : Dielectric and Magnetic Properties of a Titanium Oxide and Carbonyl Iron Composite Material and Application as a Microwave Absorber

Young Joon An, Takashi Miura, Hirotake Okino, Takashi Yamamoto, Shunkichi Ueda and Takeshi Deguchi
Published September 22, 2004
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6765-6768 : Dielectric Characteristics of Ferroelectric Materials in Submillimeter-Wave Regions

Takashi Fujii, Akira Ando and Yukio Sakabe
Published September 22, 2004
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Polymers

6769-6774 : Piezoelectric Characteristics of Polymer Film Oriented under a Strong Magnetic Field

Takuo Nakiri, Kenji Imoto, Masayuki Ishizuka, Satoshi Okamoto, Munehiro Date, Yoshiko Uematsu, Eiichi Fukada and Yoshiro Tajitsu
Published September 22, 2004
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6775-6779 : Dynamic Behavior of Helical Structure in Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals

Takashi Katayama, Hiroyuki Uehara, Hirokazu Furue and Jun Hatano
Published September 22, 2004
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6780-6784 : Director Orientation Measurement of Nematic Liquid Crystal Using Velocity Change of Shear Horizontal Wave

Hiroshi Moritake, Jaeki Kim, Katsumi Yoshino and Kohji Toda
Published September 22, 2004
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Fundamentals

6785-6792 : Ab initio Determination of Total-Energy Surfaces for Distortions of Ferroelectric Perovskite Oxides

Takatoshi Hashimoto, Takeshi Nishimatsu, Hiroshi Mizuseki, Yoshiyuki Kawazoe, Atsushi Sasaki and Yoshiaki Ikeda
Published September 22, 2004
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6793-6798 : Enthalpy of Formation of Various Phases and Formation Energy of Point Defects in Perovskite-Type NaNbO₃ by First-Principles Calculation

Akio Shigemi and Takahiro Wada
Published September 22, 2004
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6799-6802 : Distinctive Charge Density Distributions of Perovskite-Type Antiferroelectric Oxides PbZrO₃ and PbHfO₃ in Cubic Phase

Yoshihiro Kuroiwa, Hiroshi Fujiwara, Akikatsu Sawada, Shinobu Aoyagi, Eiji Nishibori, Makoto Sakata, Masaki Takata, Hitoshi Kawaji and Tooru Atake
Published September 22, 2004
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6803-6807 : Theoretical Study of Atomic Relaxation in 90° Domain Walls of Ferroelectric Perovskite Films

Dan Ricinschi, Yoshihiro Ishibashi and Masanori Okuyama
Published September 22, 2004
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6808-6811 : Cooling-Rate-Dependent Domain Structures of Pb(Mg_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃-PbTiO₃ Single Crystals Observed by Contact Resonance Piezoresponse Force Microscopy

Hirotake Okino, Junichi Sakamoto and Takashi Yamamoto
Published September 22, 2004
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6812-6815 : Domain Wall Structure in Pb(Zn_1/3Nb_2/3)O₃-PbTiO₃-Mixed Crystals by Atomic Force Microscopy

Makoto Iwata, Kohei Katsuraya, Shinichi Tachizaki, Jiri Hlinka, Ikuo Suzuki, Masaki Maeda, Naohiko Yasuda and Yoshihiro Ishibashi
Published September 22, 2004
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6816-6820 : Relaxor-Like Properties and Anomalous Phase Boundaries in Mixed Crystals Rb_1-x(NH₄)_xH₂PO₄

Eiko Matsushita and Yuuto Shinkai
Published September 22, 2004
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6821-6824 : X-Ray Topography on Domain-Controlled BaTiO₃ Crystals

Yasuhiro Yoneda, Jun'ichiro Mizuki, Yoshiki Kohmura, Yoshio Suzuki, Shin'ichi Hamazaki and Masaaki Takashige
Published September 22, 2004
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6825-6828 : Observation of Relaxation Mode in Ferroelectric Barium Dititanate by Micro-Brillouin Scattering

Anwar Hushur, Hirotake Shigematsu, Yukikuni Akishige and Seiji Kojima
Published September 22, 2004
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6829-6833 : Pump-Probe Study of E(TO) Polaritons in Zn-Doped LiNbO₃

C.-C. Lee, C.-T. Chia, Y.-M. Chang, M. L. Sun and M.-L. Hu
Published September 22, 2004
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