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Is silver diammine fluoride effective in arresting dental caries in cavitated primary molars?
To evaluate the efficacy of silver diamine fluoride (SDF) in arresting dental caries in cavitated caries lesions in primary molars.
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Open AccessA retrospective clinical study on the resin infiltration of proximal caries lesions: the operator’s effect
This retrospective university-based study investigated the effect of operators’ training and previous experience on the success of resin infiltration (RI) in arresting proximal non-cavitated caries lesions in ...
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The Hall Technique 10 years on: Questions and answers
Discusses the development and acceptance of the Hall Technique.
Provides information on where to find out m...
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Ferromagnetic properties of barium titanate ceramics doped with cobalt, iron, and nickel
The influence of annealing in strongly reducing atmosphere on the magnetic properties of hexagonal BaTiO3 + 0.04 BaO + x/2 Co2O3 (0.0025 ≤ x ≤ 0.10) ceramics was investigated. The samples air-sintered at 1673 K w...
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Epitaxial ferroelectric Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3-PbTiO3 thin films on La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 bottom electrode
Epitaxial (001)-oriented 0.7Pb(Mg0.33Nb0.67)O3-0.3PbTiO3 (PMN-PT) thin films were deposited by pulsed laser deposition on vicinal SrTiO3 (001) substrates using La0.7Sr0.3MnO3 as bottom electrode. Detailed microst...
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Reversible electrical switching of spin polarization in multiferroic tunnel junctions
Magnetic tunnel junctions play an important role in controlling electron spin in spintronic devices. The reversible, remanent switching of electron-spin polarization in multiferroic tunnel junctions now enable...
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Structure and Morphology of Epitaxially Intergrown (100)- and (116)-Oriented SrBi2Ta2O9 Ferroelectric Thin Films on SrLaGaO4(110) Substrates
SrBi2Ta2O9 (SBT) epitaxial thin films having a mix of (100) and (116) orientations have been grown on SrLaGaO4(110) by pulsed laser deposition. X-ray diffraction θ2 θ and pole figure scans, and cross-sectional tr...
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Initial Growth Stages of Epitaxial BaTiO3 Films on Vicinal SrTiO3:Nb (001) Substrates
The growth mechanism of epitaxial BaTiO3 films on vicinal Nb-doped SrTiO3 (SrTiO3:Nb) (001) substrate surfaces was studied in terms of surface morphology, crystalline orientation, microstructure, and film/substra...
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Light Scattering from Pulsed Laser Deposited BaBi4Ti4O15 Thin Films
Light scattering investigations are carried out on BaBi4Ti4O15 (BBiT) which is a member of the Bi-layer structure ferroelectric oxide with n = 4. The BBiT thin films, thickness ~ 300 nm, were grown on epitaxial c...
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Lattice Defects in Epitaxial Ba2Bi4Ti5O18 Thin Films Grown by Pulsed Laser Deposition Onto LaNiO3 Bottom Electrodes
Epitaxial, ferroelectric Ba2Bi4Ti5O18 films grown on LaNiO3/CeO2/ZrO2:Y2O3 epitaxial layers on Si(100) are investigated by cross-section high-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HRTEM). The films are per...
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Open AccessStructural defects and local chemistry across ferroelectric–electrode interfaces in epitaxial heterostructures
We present a detailed investigation of the chemistry at the growth interface between the bottom electrode and ferroelectric film in (001)-oriented epitaxial ferroelectric thin-film heterostructures. Three diff...
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Open AccessFabrication of epitaxial nanostructured ferroelectrics and investigation of their domain structures
Nanostructured ferroelectrics are important objects for studies on ferroelectric size effects as well as for applications to memory devices with ultra-high memory density. In the present article, we introduce ...
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Open AccessInfluence of long-range dipolar interactions on the phase stability and hysteresis shapes of ferroelectric and antiferroelectric multilayers
Phase transition and field driven hysteresis evolution of a two-dimensional Ising grid consisting of ferroelectric–antiferroelectric multilayers that take into account the long range dipolar interactions were ...
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Open AccessInfluence of interface structure on mass transport in phase boundaries between different ionic materials
Internal and external interfaces in solids exhibit completely different transport properties compared to the bulk. Transport parallel to grain or phase boundaries is usually strongly enhanced. Transport perpen...
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Open AccessUltrafast structural dynamics of perovskite superlattices
Femtosecond x-ray diffraction provides direct insight into the ultrafast reversible lattice dynamics of materials with a perovskite structure. Superlattice (SL) structures consisting of a sequence of nanometer...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
Ultrafast Structural Dynamics of Polar Solids Studied by Femtosecond X-Ray Diffraction
We discuss recent progress in ultrafast x-ray diffraction, addressing photoinduced structural dynamics in ferroelectric superlattices and polar molecular crystals. Elongations of coupled phonon modes affecting...
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Femtosecond X-ray Diffraction Study of the Ultrafast Coupling between Magnetization and Structure in the Ferromagnet SrRuO3
Femtosecond optical excitation of magnetically ordered SrRuO3 nanolayers leads to an ultrafast demagnetization and a concomitant magnetoelastic contractive stress. The resulting ultrafast structural response of t...
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Diffraction contrast imaging and high resolution transmission electron microscopy of multiferroic thin films and heterostructures
Multiferroic materials exhibit simultaneous ferroelectric and ferromagnetic properties and are extensively studied because of their potential applications in multifunctional devices as well as for the understa...
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Ferroelectric materials and structures suitable for data storage: The role of microscopies in establishing preparation-microstructure-property relations
Among the various possible routes towards solid-state non-volatile random access memories (NV-RAMs) of high memory density, ferroelectric random access memories (FRAMs) offer very good prospects. Non-volatilit...
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Accurate time delay determination for femtosecond X-ray diffraction experiments
We report on a versatile and accurate method for determining the time delay between femtosecond X-ray and optical pulses in an optical pump/X-ray diffraction probe experiment. Upon excitation with moderate pum...