Origin of ferroelectricity in the multiferroic barium fluorides BaM F4: A first principles study

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2006, Pages

  Ederer, Claude ^a   Spaldin, Nicola A ^a  

^a Santa Barbara   (United States)

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EID: 33745786779     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.74.024102     Document Type: Article

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