Phenomenological analysis of phase transitions in epitaxial perovskite ferroelectric thin films

Physica B: Condensed Matter

Volumn 405, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1901-1907

  Bai, Gang ^a   Ma, Wenhui ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Epitaxial strain; Ferroelectrics; Phase transition; Phenomenology; Thin films

Indexed keywords

BIAXIAL MISFIT STRAINS; EPITAXIAL STRAIN; FERROELECTRICS; FIRST PRINCIPLE CALCULATIONS; IN-PLANE SHEAR; LANDAU-GINZBURG-DEVONSHIRE THEORY; MISFIT STRAINS; MONOCLINIC PHASIS; ORTHORHOMBIC PHASIS; PHENOMENOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; SINGLE DOMAINS; THERMODYNAMIC EQUILIBRIA;

ANISOTROPY; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; EPITAXIAL FILMS; FERROELECTRIC FILMS; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRIC THIN FILMS; OXIDE MINERALS; PEROVSKITE; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SHEAR STRAIN;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 76549120175     PISSN: 09214526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2010.01.070     Document Type: Article

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