Prediction of ferroelectric properties in niobates and tantalates based on covalency considerations

Ferroelectrics

Volumn 229, Issue 1-4, 1999, Pages 1-10

  Elissalde, Catherine ^a   Villesuzanne, Antoine ^a   Hornebecq, Virginie ^a   Ravez, Jean ^a  

^a INST CHIM MATIERE COND BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Chemical bonding; Curie temperature; Dielectric relaxation; Niobates; Tantalates

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001995039     PISSN: 00150193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00150199908224310     Document Type: Article

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