Monte carlo simulations of ferroelectric properties for PVDF and BaTiO 3

Ferroelectrics

Volumn 370, Issue 1 PART 4, 2008, Pages 207-218

  Kuhn M ^a   Kliem, H ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COERCIVE FIELD; CONDUCTING ELECTRODES; EXTERNAL FIELDS; FERROELECTRIC HYSTERESIS; FERROELECTRIC PROPERTY; INDUCED DIPOLES; ITERATIVE ALGORITHM; LOCAL FIELDS; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PINNING EFFECTS; POLARISATION; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDES; TRIFLUOROETHYLENE;

BARIUM; BARIUM TITANATE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HYSTERESIS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

FERROELECTRICITY;

EID: 64149130435     PISSN: 00150193     EISSN: 15635112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00150190802381696     Document Type: Conference Paper

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