Ferroelectricity of nanocrystalline BaTiO3 ceramics by first principle calculation

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 55, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 2182-2185

  Deng, Xiang Yun ^a,b   Zhang, Hai Tao ^a   Li, Ting ^a   Li, De Jun ^b   Li, Jian Bao ^a,c   Wang, Xiao Hui ^c   Li, Long Tu ^c  

^a HAINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ferroelectricity; Microstructure; Nanocrystalline BaTiO3 ceramics; Size effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954555857     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-009-3670-x     Document Type: Article

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