Effect of spin frustration and spin-orbit coupling on the ferroelectric polarization in multiferroic YMnO3

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 94, Issue 22, 2009, Pages

  Zhong, Chonggui ^a,b   Jiang, Qing ^a   Zhang, Hua ^b   Jiang, Xuefan ^c  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CHANGSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORN EFFECTIVE CHARGE; DRIVING FORCES; FERROELECTRIC POLARIZATION; FIRST-PRINCIPLE; MAGNETIC ORDERING; MULTIFERROIC; NONCOLLINEAR MAGNETIC STRUCTURES; RE-HYBRIDIZATION; SPIN FRUSTRATIONS; SPIN-ORBIT COUPLINGS;

ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; FERROELECTRICITY; MAGNETIC STRUCTURE; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; POLARIZATION; SPIN DYNAMICS; YTTRIUM ALLOYS;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 66749181107     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3151912     Document Type: Article

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