Properties of ferroelectric nanodots embedded in a polarizable medium: Atomistic simulations

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 97, Issue 16, 2006, Pages

  Prosandeev, S ^a,b   Bellaiche, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC PHYSICS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRICITY;

DIPOLE VORTICES; FERROELECTRIC NANODOTS; FERROELECTRIC STRENGTHS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 33750259310     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.167601     Document Type: Article

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