Description

Revolutionary breakthroughs have occurred in the understanding of ferroelectric materials, both from the perspective of theory and experiment. This book is a concise, thorough review of the most important breakthroughs of the past two decades. The book addresses the paradigmatic shifts in understanding brought about by these breakthroughs, including the consideration of novel fabrication methods and nanoscale applications of these materials, and new theoretical methods such as the effective Hamiltonian approach and density functional theory.