Role of the coulomb interaction on the ferroelectric instability of barium titanate

Ferroelectrics

Volumn 186, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 73-76

  Ghosez, Ph ^a   Gonze, X ^a   Michenaud, J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BARIUM TITANATE; CALCULATIONS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES OF SOLIDS; ELECTRIC CHARGE; PHASE TRANSITIONS; STABILITY; TENSORS;

COULOMB INTERACTION; DIELECTRIC TENSOR; STRUCTURAL INSTABILITY;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0030357520     PISSN: 00150193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00150199608218036     Document Type: Article

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