Combined Analysis

Acknowledgements

I am indebted to Magali Morales (CIMAP-Caen) who constantly comes with new issues, criticisms, advice and proposals. She was the first to test the Combined Analysis using the CPS detector set-up when taking part in the ESQUI European project. This work should be understood within hers.

Luca Lutterotti (DIM-Trento) is entirely devoted to this thematic and programming, without him nothing could have been carried out.

Thanks to: Jesus Ricote (DMF-Madrid), Michele Zucali and Emmanuel Guilmeau (CRISMAT-Caen), who provided some of the worst samples to test; Salim Ouhenia (Physics Dept. Bejaia) for his work on CaCO₃-PAA films and Charonia shell; Hans-Rudolf Wenk (DEPS-Berkeley) and Siegfried Matthies, who are pioneers in the field with the so-called “Rietveld-Texture Analysis”; Bachir Ouladdiaf, who was of so much constant help during the multiple stays at ILL needed to achieve these works. To all these people, please receive my warmest sympathy and friendship.

I wish to thank in particular M.L. Calzada (DMF-Madrid) for the preparation of PCT ferroelectric films; E. Derniaux and P. Kayser (ONERA-Paris) for the elaboration of AlN films; G. Leclerc, R. Bouregba and G. Poullain (CRISMAT-Caen) for the PZT film elaboration and hysteresis characterization; R. Whatmore (Cranfield University) for the elaboration of the spin coated PZT films; V. Bornand (Univ. Montpellier) for the elaboration of the LiNbO₃ films; M. Bouguerra for the GaN-SiO² composite elaboration and PL and ...