Physics of Ferroelectrics A Modern Perspective

During the past two decades, revolutionary breakthroughs have occurred in the understanding of ferroelectric materials, both from the perspective of theory and experiment. First principles approaches, including the Berry phase formulation of ferroelectric

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Karin M. Rabe Charles H. Ahn Jean-Marc Triscone (Eds.)

Physics of Ferroelectrics A Modern Perspective

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Professor Karin M. Rabe Department of Physics and Astronomy Rutgers University 136 Frelinghuysen Road, Piscataway NJ 08854-8019, USA [email protected]

Professor Charles H. Ahn Departements of Applied Physics and Physics Yale University P. O. Box 208284, New Haven CT 06520-8284, USA [email protected]

Professor Jean-Marc Triscone Condensed Matter Physics Department University of Geneva 24 Quai Ernest Ansermet CH-1211 Geneva 4, Switzerland [email protected]

Library of Congress Control Number: 2006938273

Physics and Astronomy Classification Scheme (PACS): 77.80.-e,77.84.-s,68.35.-p,81.15.-z,85.50.-n

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