Virtual crystal approximation revisited: Application to dielectric and piezoelectric properties of perovskites

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 61, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 7877-7882

  Bellaiche, L ^a   Vanderbilt, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0001386621     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.61.7877     Document Type: Article

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