First principles studies of multiferroic materials

Journal of Physics Condensed Matter

Volumn 21, Issue 30, 2009, Pages

  Picozzi, Silvia ^a   Ederer, Claude ^b  

^a INFM   (Italy)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AB INITIO APPROACH; AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; ANTIFERROMAGNETIC; CORRELATION EFFECT; DEGREES OF FREEDOM; DIFFERENT MECHANISMS; DIPOLAR ORDER; ELECTRONIC CORRELATION; EPITAXIAL STRAIN; FERROELECTRIC POLARIZATION; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; FIRST-PRINCIPLES SIMULATIONS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES STUDY; FUNDAMENTAL PHYSICS; INVERSION SYMMETRY; MAGNETIC ORDERS; MATERIALS DESIGN; MULTIFERROIC MATERIALS; MULTIFERROICS; NEW MECHANISMS; ORBITAL-ORDERING; ORDERING TEMPERATURE; QUANTITATIVE DESCRIPTION; RARE-EARTH MANGANITE; RECENT PROGRESS; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SPINTRONIC MATERIALS; SPINTRONICS; STRUCTURAL EFFECT; TRANSITION-METAL OXIDES; WEAK FERROMAGNETISM;

ANTIFERROMAGNETISM; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FERROMAGNETISM; MATERIALS; OXIDE MINERALS; POLARIZATION; RARE EARTH ELEMENTS; SEMICONDUCTING BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; SPIN DYNAMICS; TRANSITION METAL COMPOUNDS; TRANSITION METALS; WAVE FUNCTIONS;

FERROELECTRICITY;

EID: 67651180890     PISSN: 09538984     EISSN: 1361648X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0953-8984/21/30/303201     Document Type: Article

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