A self-consistent polycrystal model for the spontaneous polarization of ferroelectric ceramics

Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 462, Issue 2070, 2006, Pages 1763-1789

  Su, Y ^a   Weng, G J ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Curie temperature; Ferroelectric ceramics; Micromechanics; Spontaneous polarization; Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

EID: 33845513726     PISSN: 13645021     EISSN: 14712946     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspa.2005.1619     Document Type: Article

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