Microscopic mechanisms for improper ferroelectricity in multiferroic perovskites: A theoretical review

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 20, Issue 43, 2008, Pages

  Picozzi, Silvia ^a   Yamauchi, Kunihiko ^a   Sergienko, Ivan A ^b,c   Sen, Cengiz ^b,c   Sanyal, Biplab ^d   Dagotto, Elbio ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF L'AQUILA   (Italy)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ATOMIC PHYSICS; ATOMS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRICITY; FLOW INTERACTIONS; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; MAGNETIC STRUCTURE; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; OXIDE MINERALS; OXYGEN; PEROVSKITE; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; SPIN DYNAMICS;

ANTIFERROMAGNETIC; ATOMIC POSITIONS; C -AXIS; CENTROSYMMETRIC; COMPETING EFFECTS; DENSITY-FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; DISPLACEMENT MECHANISMS; ELECTRONIC EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC MECHANISMS; EXCHANGE MODELS; FERROELECTRIC POLARIZATIONS; FUNCTIONAL SIMULATIONS; IN BANDS; LANDAU THEORIES; LARGE DISPLACEMENTS; LOW TEMPERATURES; MAGNETIC PHASES; MICROSCOPIC MECHANISMS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATIONS; MULTIFERROIC; MULTIFERROIC BEHAVIORS; ORBITAL POLARIZATIONS; OXYGEN ATOMS; SPIN CHAINS; WANNIER FUNCTIONS; ZIG ZAGS;

POLARIZATION;

EID: 56449103276     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/20/43/434208     Document Type: Article

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