@article{10902/4175,
year = {2006},
month = {3},
url = {http://hdl.handle.net/10902/4175},
abstract = {The size dependence of the ferroelectric properties of BaTiO 3  nanowires is studied from first principles. We show that the ferroelectric distortion along the wire axis disappears below a critical diameter of about 1.2nm . This disappearance is related to a global contraction of the unit cell resulting from low atomic coordinations at the wiresurface. It is shown that a ferroelectric distortion can be recovered under appropriate tensile strain conditions.},
publisher = {American Institute of Physics},
publisher = {Applied Physics Letters, vol. 88, iss. 11, art. num. 112906 (2006)},
title = {Finite-size effects in BaTiO3 nanowires},
author = {Geneste, Grégory and Bousquet, Eric and Junquera Quintana, Francisco Javier and Ghosez, Philippe},
}