Monte Carlo simulation of ferroelectric properties in bismuth titanate (Bi 4Ti 3O 12) thin films

Computational Materials Science

Volumn 62, Issue , 2012, Pages 131-135

  Bedoya Hincapie C M ^a,b   Restrepo Parra, E ^a   Riano Rojas J C ^a   Olaya Flores, J J ^b   Alfonso, J E ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Aurivillius structure; Bismuth titanate; Ferroelectricity; Metropolis; Monte Carlo; Thin films

Indexed keywords

AURIVILLIUS STRUCTURE; BISMUTH TITANATE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC DIRECTIONS; DIPOLAR INTERACTION; ELECTRIC DOMAIN; EQUILIBRIUM STATE; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; FERROELECTRIC BEHAVIOR; FERROELECTRIC PHASE; FERROELECTRIC PROPERTY; FREE BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURE; METROPOLIS; METROPOLIS ALGORITHMS; MODELING AND SIMULATION; MONTE CARLO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PARAELECTRICS; PERIODIC BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; POLARIZATION ANISOTROPY; POLARIZATION STATE; SPONTANEOUS POLARIZATIONS;

BISMUTH; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; FERROELECTRICITY; HAMILTONIANS; POLARIZATION; THIN FILMS;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84861919005     PISSN: 09270256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.commatsci.2012.05.023     Document Type: Article

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