Three-dimensional computer simulation of ferroelectric domain formation

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 492-500

  Hu, Hong Liang ^a,b   Chen, Long Qing ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN CERAMIC SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANNEALING; CERAMIC MATERIALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NUCLEATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; TWINNING;

DEPOLARIZATION ENERGY; GINSBURG-LANDAU EQUATIONS; LORENTZ FIELD; PARAELECTRICITY;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0032023394     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1998.tb02367.x     Document Type: Article

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