Ta2 O5 polymorphs: Structural motifs and dielectric constant from first principles

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 96, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Andreoni, Wanda ^a   Pignedoli, Carlo A ^a,b  

^a IBM RESEARCH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COORDINATION POLYHEDRA; DIELECTRIC CONSTANTS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; GROWTH CONDITIONS; LARGE SCALE SIMULATIONS; LOW FREQUENCY; STRUCTURAL MOTIFS;

PERMITTIVITY; POLYMORPHISM; TANTALUM;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 76749165433     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.3308475     Document Type: Article

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