A beginner's guide to the modern theory of polarization
Abstract
The so-called Modern Theory of Polarization, which rigorously defines the spontaneous polarization of a periodic solid and provides a route for its computation in electronic structure codes through the Berry phase, is introduced in a simple qualitative discussion.
- Publication:
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Journal of Solid State Chemistry France
- Pub Date:
- November 2012
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jssc.2012.05.010
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1202.1831
- Bibcode:
- 2012JSSCh.195....2S
- Keywords:
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- Condensed Matter - Materials Science
- E-Print:
- Journal of Solid State Chemistry 195, 2 (2012)