A unified perturbative approach to electrocaloric effects

Theoretical treatments of electrocaloric effects, interesting for their potential use in refrigeration, are mostly case specific. Here, a perturbative approach provides a unified physical understanding of the normal and inverse electrocaloric response occurring in ferroelectrics and antiferroelectri...

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Main Authors: Mónica Graf, Jorge Íñiguez
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-06-01
Series:Communications Materials
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s43246-021-00167-6
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Summary:Theoretical treatments of electrocaloric effects, interesting for their potential use in refrigeration, are mostly case specific. Here, a perturbative approach provides a unified physical understanding of the normal and inverse electrocaloric response occurring in ferroelectrics and antiferroelectrics.
ISSN:2662-4443