Effective Hamiltonian methods for predicting the electrocaloric behavior of BaTiO 3

Materials Letters

Volumn 89, Issue , 2012, Pages 254-257

  Beckman, S P ^a,b   Wan, L F ^a   Barr, Jordan A ^a   Nishimatsu, Takeshi ^a,b  

^a Iowa State University   (United States)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BaTiO 3; Electrocaloric effect; Pyroelectric; Simulation

Indexed keywords

APPLIED FIELD; BATIO; EFFECTIVE HAMILTONIAN; ELECTRIC FIELD GRADIENTS; ELECTROCALORIC EFFECT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PEROVSKITE CRYSTAL; PYROELECTRIC; PYROELECTRIC RESPONSE; SIMULATION; TEMPERATURE CHANGES;

EID: 84867550549     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2012.08.102     Document Type: Article

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