Landau theory of asymmetric behaviour in ferroelectric thin films

Solid State Communications

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 559-562

  Wang, C L ^a,b   Smith, S R P ^b  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

A. ferroelectrics; A. thin films; D. phase transition

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; DIELECTRIC FILMS; FREE ENERGY; HYSTERESIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLARIZATION; STRUCTURE (COMPOSITION); SUBSTRATES; THERMAL EFFECTS; THIN FILMS;

DIELECTRIC HYSTERESIS LOOP; FIRST ORDER PHASE TRANSITION; LANDAU FREE ENERGY; LANDAU THEORY; POSITIVE POLARIZATION STATE; SECOND ORDER PHASE TRANSITION;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0030212628     PISSN: 00381098     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0038-1098(96)00267-0     Document Type: Article

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