Effects of ferroelectric polarization on surface phase diagram: Evolutionary algorithm study of the BaTiO3 (001) surface

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 92, Issue 8, 2015, Pages

  Chen, Pengcheng ^a   Xu, Yong ^a,b   Wang, Na ^a   Oganov, Artem R ^c,d,e   Duan, Wenhui ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d MOSCOW INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND TECHNOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

^e NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84941075446     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.92.085432     Document Type: Article

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