Relaxation approach to quantum-mechanical modeling of ferroelectric and antiferroelectric phase transitions
Nikhilesh Maity, Sergey Lisenkov, Arlies Valdespino, Milan Haddad, Lewys Jones, Amit Kumar, Nazanin Bassiri-Gharb, Inna Ponomareva · 2026
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Nikhilesh Maity and co-authors present a 2026 model study reworking how ferroelectric and antiferroelectric phase transitions work. Such solids flip electric polarization under temperature or applied fields, and give hallmark hysteresis loops. Older models treat the flips as heat-driven jumps and stay largely qualitative.
The authors instead assume the transitions work by relaxation and need quantum treatment. That flipped pair of starting ideas lets runs built from basic laws match how ferroelectric and antiferroelectric solids act. Lean quantum model work on hysteresis opens better ways to predict how memory and actuator materials will act, for devices built on these switchable crystals.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Nikhilesh Maity, Sergey Lisenkov, Arlies Valdespino, Milan Haddad, Lewys Jones, Amit Kumar, Nazanin Bassiri-Gharb, Inna Ponomareva |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 55 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |