Atomic-level simulation of ferroelectricity in oxides: Current status and opportunities

Annual Review of Materials Research

Volumn 37, Issue , 2007, Pages 239-270

  Phillpot, Simon R ^a   Sinnott, Susan B ^a   Asthagiri, Aravind ^a  

^a University of Florida

Author keywords

Density functional theory; Molecular dynamics; Perovskite; Relaxor

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; RELAXATION PROCESSES;

ATOMIC-LEVEL APPROACH; ATOMIC-LEVEL SIMULATION; INTERATOMIC POTENTIALS;

PEROVSKITE;

EID: 34848883897     PISSN: 15317331     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.matsci.37.052506.084206     Document Type: Review

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