Emergence of central mode in the paraelectric phase of ferroelectric perovskites

MRS Communications

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 41-45

  Weerasinghe, Jeevaka ^a   Bellaiche, L ^a   Ostapchuk, T ^b   Kuzel P ^b   Kadlec, C ^b   Lisenkov, S ^c   Ponomareva, I ^c   Hlinka, J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHARACTERISTIC FREQUENCIES; DIELECTRIC RESPONSE; DIELECTRIC SPECTRA; FERROELECTRIC PEROVSKITES; MODE DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS SIMULATIONS; PARAELECTRIC PHASE; THERMALLY ACTIVATED PROCESS;

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS;

EID: 84882359993     PISSN: 21596859     EISSN: 21596867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/mrc.2013.5     Document Type: Article

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