Characteristics and signatures of dipole vortices in ferroelectric nanodots: First-principles-based simulations and analytical expressions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

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EID: 33847720770     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.75.094102     Document Type: Article

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