Landau expansion for ferroelectrics: Which variable to use?

Ferroelectrics

Volumn 375, Issue 1 PART 1, 2008, Pages 19-27

  Tagantsev, Alexander K ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Landau theory; Polarization; Pseudoproper ferroelectrics; Weak ferroelectrics

Indexed keywords

CURIE-WEISS CONSTANT; EFFECTIVE CHARGE; ELECTRIC DISPLACEMENT; LANDAU EXPANSION; LANDAU THEORY; MODE-DISPLACEMENTS; ORDER PARAMETER; SOFT MODES;

ELECTRIC FIELDS; FERROELECTRICITY; PHASE TRANSITIONS; POLARIZATION;

FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 68949145975     PISSN: 00150193     EISSN: 15635112     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00150190802437746     Document Type: Conference Paper

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