Fast molecular-dynamics simulation for ferroelectric thin-film capacitors using a first-principles effective Hamiltonian

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2008, Pages

  Nishimatsu, Takeshi ^a,b   Waghmare, Umesh V ^c   Kawazoe, Yoshiyuki ^b   Vanderbilt, David ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c JAWAHARLAL NEHRU CENTRE FOR ADVANCED SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

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EID: 51749097066     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.104104     Document Type: Article

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