Phase field simulations of hysteresis and butterfly loops in ferroelectrics subjected to electro-mechanical coupled loading

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 652-661

  Soh, A K ^a   Song, Y C ^a   Ni, Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC FIELDS; ELECTROMECHANICAL DEVICES; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FREE ENERGY; POLARIZATION;

ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS; GINSBURG-LANDAU EQUATIONS; PHASE FIELD SIMULATION;

HYSTERESIS;

EID: 33645120544     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2005.00724.x     Document Type: Article

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