Oxygen polarizability in ferroelectric phase transitions

A. Bussmann, H. Bilz, R. Roenspiess, Karlheinz Schwarz

Ferroelectrics · 1980 · 123 citations · 4 references

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Abstract

Abstract The polarizability of O2- is investigated by means of a simple electronic model. While in cubic oxides α is proportional to the cell volume V, in anisotropic and covalent materials α≈Vn (where n is between 3 and 4) in compounds such as the ferroelectric perovskites.

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