Absence of ferroelectric critical size in ultrathin PbTiO 3 nanotubes: A density-functional theory study

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Shimada, Takahiro ^a   Wang, Xiaoyuan ^a   Kondo, Yoshiaki ^a   Kitamura, Takayuki ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIFERRODISTORTIVE; AXIAL STRAIN; CRITICAL SIZE; CRITICAL THICKNESS; FIRST-PRINCIPLES; INNER TUBES; NANO SCALE; NANO-TUBULAR STRUCTURE; OXYGEN ATOM; SPONTANEOUS POLARIZATIONS; ULTRA-THIN;

ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; FERROELECTRICITY; POLARIZATION;

NANOTUBES;

EID: 84861873319     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.108.067601     Document Type: Article

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