Influence of an external field on the first order ferroelectric phase transition

Ferroelectrics, Letters Section

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 55-59

  Kuehn, M ^a   Fridkin, V M ^b   Kliem, H ^a  

^a SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b SHUBNIKOV INSTITUTE OF CRYSTALLOGRAPHY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

external field; phase transitions; Weiss model

Indexed keywords

EXTERNAL FIELDS; FERROELECTRIC PHASE TRANSITION; FERROELECTRIC PROPERTY; FIRST ORDER; LOCAL FIELDS; MODIFIED MODEL; PERMANENT DIPOLES; POWER LAW; SECOND ORDERS; WEISS MODEL;

FERROELECTRIC DEVICES; FERROELECTRIC MATERIALS; FERROELECTRICITY;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

EID: 78649392338     PISSN: 07315171     EISSN: 15635228     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07315171.2010.519986     Document Type: Article

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