First-principles study of structural, electronic, and multiferroic properties in BiCoO3

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 126, Issue 15, 2007, Pages

  Cai, Meng Qiu ^a,b   Liu, Ji Cheng ^c   Yang, Guo Wei ^a   Cao, Yun Lun ^a   Tan, Xin ^a   Chen, Xin Yi ^a   Wang, Yan Guo ^b   Wang, Ling Ling ^b   Hu, Wang Yu ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Nanhai Neusoft Institute of Information   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC INTERACTION; HYBRIDIZATION; MULTIFERROIC PROPERTIES; MULTIFERROISM;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; FERROELECTRICITY; FERROMAGNETISM; GROUND STATE; SPIN FLUCTUATIONS;

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS;

EID: 34247379081     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2483798     Document Type: Article

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