Understanding and enhancing polarization in complex materials

Computing in Science and Engineering

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 12-21

  Bernholc, Jerry ^a   Nakhmanson, Serge M ^a   Nardelli, Marco Buongoro ^a   Meunier, Vincent ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON-NITRIDE NANOTUBES (BNNT); CHARGE DENSITY; POLYVINYLIDENE FLUORIDE (PVDF); WAVE FUNCTION;

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; MICROELECTRONICS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; OPTIMIZATION; POLARIZATION; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; QUANTUM THEORY; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WAVE EQUATIONS;

PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIALS;

EID: 8644281206     PISSN: 15219615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCSE.2004.78     Document Type: Review

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