A simplified treatment of the Landau theory of phase transitions for thin ferroelectric films

American Journal of Physics

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 31-38

  Wong, C K ^a   Shin, F G ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

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EID: 38349160616     PISSN: 00029505     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1119/1.2800353     Document Type: Article

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