Landau theory of ferroelectric domain walls in magnetoelectrics

Ferroelectrics

Volumn 375, Issue 1 PART 1, 2008, Pages 122-131

  Daraktchiev, M ^a   Catalan, G ^a   Scott, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

BiFeO3; Domain width and domain wall thickness in magnetoelectrics; Domain wall magnetization; Ginzburg Landau potential

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC MODELS; ANTIFERROELECTRICS; ANTIFERROMAGNETS; DOMAIN-WALL MAGNETIZATION; FERROELECTRIC DOMAINS; FERROMAGNETS; GINZBURG-LANDAU; LANDAU THEORY; LOCAL MAGNETIZATION; MAGNETOELECTRIC MATERIALS; MAGNETOELECTRICS; MULTIFERROICS; THEORETICAL MODELS; WALL THICKNESS;

COMPOSITE MICROMECHANICS; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRICITY; MAGNETIZATION; PHASE TRANSITIONS;

DOMAIN WALLS;

EID: 65649109642     PISSN: 00150193     EISSN: 15635112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00150190802437969     Document Type: Conference Paper

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