Wannier-based definition of layer polarizations in perovskite superlattices

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2006, Pages

  Wu, Xifan ^a   Diéguez, Oswaldo ^a   Rabe, Karin M ^a   Vanderbilt, David ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INSULATORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE POLARIZATION; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); PEROVSKITE;

ELECTRONIC POLARIZATION; NUCLEAR CHARGES; SUBLATTICE DISPLACEMENTS; WANNIER FUNCTIONS;

SUPERLATTICES;

EID: 33748553999     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.107602     Document Type: Article

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