Microscopic mechanisms for improper ferroelectricity in multiferroic perovskites: a theoretical review
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Silvia Picozzi, Kunihiko Yamauchi, Ivan A. Sergienko, Cengiz Sen, Biplab Sanyal, Elbio Dagotto CNR-INFM, CASTI Regional Lab. c/o Dip. Fisica, Università degli Studi dell’Aquila, 67100 Coppito (L’Aquila),Italy 2 Materials Science & Technology Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, USA and Dept. of Physics, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA 3 Theoretical Magnetism Group, Department of Physics, Uppsala University, Box-530, SE-75121, Sweden
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تاریخ انتشار 2008