Ab Initio Design of Perovskite Alloys with Predetermined Properties: The Case of Pb(Sc0.5Nb0.5)O3

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 87, Issue 9, 2001, Pages

  íñiguez, Jorge ^a,b,c   Bellaiche, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; GROUND STATE; HAMILTONIANS; INVERSE PROBLEMS; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PEROVSKITE;

CURIE TEMPERATURE;

LEAD ALLOYS;

EID: 85038298868     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.095503     Document Type: Article

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