Strain-induced ferroelectricity in simple rocksalt binary oxides

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2010, Pages

  Bousquet, Eric ^a,b   Spaldin, Nicola A ^b   Ghosez, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE EARTH; BARIUM OXIDES; BINARY OXIDES; DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; EPITAXIAL STRAIN; FERROELECTRIC PEROVSKITES; FIRST-PRINCIPLES DENSITY FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; FUNCTIONAL PROPERTIES; METAL OXIDES; MULTIFERROICS; PIEZOELECTRIC RESPONSE; ROCK SALT; ROCK-SALT STRUCTURE;

BARIUM; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; OXIDE MINERALS; PEROVSKITE; STRAIN;

FERROELECTRICITY;

EID: 74949094194     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.104.037601     Document Type: Article

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