Multicritical behavior in ferroelectrics

Phase Transitions

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 645-666

  Folk, R ^a  

^a JOHANNES KEPLER UNIVERSITY LINZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ferroelectrics; Lifshitz points; Multicritical behavior; Tricritical Lifshitz points; Tricritical points

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SOLID STATE DEVICES;

MULTICRITICAL BEHAVIOR;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 0032290024     PISSN: 01411594     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01411599908224501     Document Type: Article

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