(Ba,K,La) ZrO3 as a possible lead-free ferroelectric: Density functional calculations

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Kagimura, R ^a,b   Suewattana, M ^c   Singh, D J ^a  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c Mahidol University   (Thailand)

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EID: 47349106945     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.012103     Document Type: Article

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