A spin glass perspective on ferroic glasses

Physica Status Solidi (B) Basic Research

Volumn 251, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 1967-1981

  Sherrington, David ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b NEW COLLEGE   (United Kingdom)

^c SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complex system; Disorder; Frustration; Relaxor; Spin glass; Strain glass

Indexed keywords

LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; SPIN GLASS;

DISORDER; FERROIC GLASS; FRUSTRATION; RELAXORS; STRAIN GLASS;

GLASS;

EID: 84907871682     PISSN: 03701972     EISSN: 15213951     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pssb.201350391     Document Type: Article

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