Collective Behavior of Molecular Dipoles in CH3NH3PbI3

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 34, 2015, Pages 19674-19680

  Goehry, C ^a   Nemnes, G A ^b,c   Manolescu, A ^a  

^a REYKJAVIK UNIVERSITY   (Iceland)

^b HORIA HULUBEI NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND NUCLEAR ENGINEERING   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; POSITIVE IONS;

AB INITIO MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR; COLLECTIVE MOTIONS; FERROELECTRIC DOMAINS; MOLECULAR DIPOLE; OPERATIONAL CONDITIONS; PEROVSKITE CRYSTAL; ROTATIONAL RELAXATIONS;

FERROELECTRICITY;

EID: 84940569632     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b05823     Document Type: Article

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