Cation ordering induced polarization enhancement for PbTiO3-SrTiO3 ferroelectric-dielectric superlattices

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Deng, Junkai ^a   Zunger, Alex ^b   Liu, Jefferson Zhe ^c  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

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EID: 84923239339     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.91.081301     Document Type: Article

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