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Publications


102) ``Original properties of dipole vortices in zero-dimensional ferroelectrics,'' S. Prosandeev, I. Ponomareva, I. Naumov, I. Kornev, and L. Bellaiche, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 20 , 193201 (2008); Invited Topical Review.

101) ``Order parameter in complex dipolar structures: Microscopic modeling,'' S. Prosandeev and L. Bellaiche, Physical Review B 77, 060101(R) (2008).

100) ``Dependence of polarization on epitaxial strain in ferroelectric ultrathin films from first principles,'' S. Bin-Omran, I. Ponomareva and L. Bellaiche, Physical Review B 77, 144105 (2008).

99) ``Control of vortices by homogeneous fields in asymmetric low-dimensional dipolar systems,'' S. Prosandeev, I. Ponomareva, I. Kornev, and L. Bellaiche, Physical Review Letters 100, 047201 (2008).

98) ``Terahertz dielectric response of cubic BaTiO3,'' I. Ponomareva, L. Bellaiche, T. Ostapchuk, J. Hlinka and J. Petzelt, Physical Review B 77, 012102 (2008).

97) ``Thickness dependency of 180° stripe domains in ferroelectric ultrathin films:  a first-principles-based study,''  Bo-Kuai Lai, Inna Ponomareva, Igor A. Kornev, L. Bellaiche and G. J. Salamo,  Applied Physics Letters  91, 152909  (2007).

96) ``Dielectric anomalies  in  ferroelectric nanostructures,''  I. Ponomareva, L. Bellaiche and R. Resta, Physical Review Letters 99, 227601 (2007).

95) ``Finite-temperature properties of multiferroic  BiFeO3,''  Igor A. Kornev, S. Lisenkov, R. Haumont, B. Dkhil and L. Bellaiche, Physical Review Letters 99, 227602 (2007).

94)  ``Influence of crystallographic steps on properties of ferroelectric ultrathin films: an Ab-initio study,''  S. Prosandeev and L. Bellaiche,   Applied Physics Letters  91,   072901  (2007).

93)  ``Relation between dielectric responses and polarization's  fluctuations in ferroelectric nanostructures,''  I. Ponomareva, L. Bellaiche and R. Resta, Physical Review B 76, 235403 (2007).

92)  ``Asymmetric screening of the depolarizing field in ferroelectric thin film,''  S. Prosandeev and L. Bellaiche,   Physical Review B 75, 172109 (2007).

91)  ``Theoretical phase diagram of ultrathin films of incipient ferroelectrics,''  A. R. Akbarzadeh, L. Bellaiche, Jorge  Ìniguez, and David Vanderbilt,  Applied Physics Letters  90,  242918  (2007).

90)  ``Phase diagrams of  BaTiO3/SrTiO3 superlattices from first principles,''  Sergey Lisenkov and L. Bellaiche,  Physical Review B (Rapid Communications)  76, 020102 (2007).

89)  ``Tensors in ferroelectric nanoparticles:  First-principles-based simulations,''  S. Prosandeev, I. Kornev and L. Bellaiche, Physical Review B  76, 012101 (2007).

88)  ``Characteristics and signatures of dipole vortices in ferroelectric nanodots: First-principles-based simulations and analytical expressions,''  S. Prosandeev and L. Bellaiche,   Physical Review B  75, 094102 (2007).

87)  ``Domain evolution of BaTiO3 ultrathin films under electric field: a first-principles study,'' Bo-Kuai Lai, Inna Ponomareva, Igor A. Kornev, L. Bellaiche and G. J. Salamo, Physical Review B 75, 085412 (2007).


86)  ``Domains in Ferroelectric Nanostructures from First Principles,''  Igor A. Kornev, B.-K. Lai, I. Naumov, I. Ponomareva, H. Fu, and Laurent Bellaiche, Invited Review Chapter in Handbook of advanced dielectric piezoelectric and ferroelectric materials: Synthesis, properties and applications , edited by Professor Zuo-Guang Ye, Woodhead Publishing Limited (2008).
 
85)  ``The nature of ferroelectricity under pressure,'' Igor A. Kornev and L. Bellaiche,  Phase Transitions  80,  385 (2007);  Invited Review.
 
84) ``Effects of Vacancies on Properties of Relaxor Ferroelectrics: a  First-Principles Study,''  L. Bellaiche, Jorge Ìniguez, Eric Cockayne  and  B.P. Burton,  Physical Review B 75,  014111 (2007).
 
83) ``Phase diagram of Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 solid solutions from  first principles,''  Igor A. Kornev, L. Bellaiche, P.-E. Janolin, B. Dkhil and E. Suard,  Physical Review Letters 97, 157601 (2006).
 
82) ``Properties of ferroelectric nanodots embedded in a  polarizable medium: Atomistic simulations,''  S. Prosandeev, and L. Bellaiche,  Physical Review Letters 97, 167601 (2006).
 
81) ``Influence of the growth direction on properties of  ferroelectric ultrathin films,''  I. Ponomareva and L. Bellaiche,  Physical Review  B 74, 064102  (2006).

80) ``Controlling Toroidal Moment by Means of an Inhomogeneous Static Field: An Ab Initio Study'', S. Prossandeev, I. Ponomareva, I. Kornev, I. Naumov, and L. Bellaiche, Physical Review Letters 96, 237601 (2006).
 
79) ``Electric-field induced domain evolution in ferroelectric ultrathin films ,'' Bo-Kuai Lai, I Ponomareva, I. I. Naumov, Igor A. Kornev, Huaxiang Fu, L. Bellaiche and G. J.Salamo,   Physical Review Letters  96, 137602  (2006).
 
78) ``Symmetry breaking at the nanoscale and diffuse transitions in ferroelectrics: A comparative study of PbSc1/2Nb1/2O3 and S PbZr0.6Ti0.4O3 '', Jorge Ìniguez and L. Bellaiche, Physical Review B 73, 144109  (2006).

77) ``Finite-temperature properties of (Ba,Sr)TiO3 systems from atomistic simulations'', Laura Walizer, Sergey Lisenkov and L. Bellaiche, Physical Review B 73, 144105 (2006).

76) ``Modelling of nanoscale ferroelectrics from atomistic simulations'',I. Ponomareva, I. I. Naumov, I. Kornev, Huaxiang Fu and L. Bellaiche,  Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science 9, 114 (2005);  Invited Review.

75) ``Polar and chemical order in relation with morphotropic phase boundariesand relaxor behavior in bulk and nanostructured PSN-PT'',R. Haumont, J. Carreaud, P. Geimeiner, B. Dkhil, C. Malibert, A. Al-Barakaty, L. Bellaiche and J.M. Kiat, Phase transition 79, 123 (2006).

74) ``Ferroelectricity of perovskites under pressure'',I. Kornev, P. Bouvier, P.-E. Janolin, B. Dkhil, J. Kreisel and L. Bellaiche, Physical Review Letters 95, 196804 (2005).

73) ``Low-dimensional ferroelectrics under different electrical and mechanical boundary conditions'',I. Ponomareva, I.I. Naumov and L. Bellaiche, Physical Review B 72, 214118 (2005).

72) ``Study of Potassium-Sodium-Niobate Alloys: A Combined Experimental and Theoretical Approach'',J. Attia, L. Bellaiche, B. Dkhil, P. Gemeiner and B. Malic, Journal de Physique IV 128, 55 (2005).

71) ``Properties of GaN/ScN and InN/ScN superlattices from first principles'',V. Ranjan, S. Bin-Omran, D Sichuga, R. S. Nichols, L. Bellaiche and A. Alsaad, Physical Review B 72, 085315 (2005).

70) ``Atomistic treatment of depolarizing energy and field in ferroelectric nanostructures'',I. Ponomareva, I.I. Naumov, I. Kornev, Huaxiang Fu and L. Bellaiche, Physical Review B 72, 140102(R) (2005).

69) ``First Principles Study of Size Effect in BaTiO3 Ultrathin Films'',Bo-Kuai Lai, Igor A. Kornev, L. Bellaiche and G. J. Salamo, Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. 881E, CC5.10.1-CC5.10.6 (2005).

68) ``A combined theoretical and experimental study of the low temperature properties of BaZrO3'',A.R. Akbarzadeh, I. Kornev, C. Malibert, L. Bellaiche and J.M. Kiat, Physical Review B 72, 205104 (2005).

67) ``Properties of Ferroelectric Ultrathin Films From First Principles'',Igor A. Kornev,Huaxiang Fu and L. Bellaiche, Journal of Materials Science, 41,137-145 (2006). Invited review for the Special Issue on Frontiers of Research in Ferroelectricity.

66) ``Phase Diagrams of Epitaxial BaTiO3 Ultrathin Films From First Principles'',Bo-Kuai Lai, Igor A. Kornev, L. Bellaiche and G. J. Salamo, Applied Physics Letters 86, 132904 (2005).

65) ``Properties of Pb(Zr,Ti)O3 ultrathin films under stress-free and open-circuit electrical boundary conditions'',Emad Almahmoud, Yulia Navtsenya, Igor Kornev, Huaxiang Fu and L. Bellaiche, Physical Review B (Rapid Communications) 70, 220102 (2004).

64) ``Morphotropic phase boundary of heterovalent perovskite solidsolutions: Experimental and theoretical investigation of PbSc1/2Nb1/2O3-PbTiO3'',R. Haumont, A. Al-Barakaty, B. Dkhill, J.M. Kiat and L. Bellaiche, Physical Review B 71 , 104106 (2005).

63) ``Isostructural phase transitions in GaN/ScN and InN/ScN superlattices'' V. Ranjan, S. Bin-Omran, L. Bellaiche and A. Alsaad, Physical Review B 71 , 195302 (2005).

62) ``Unusual phase transitions in ferroelectric nanodisks and nanorods'', Ivan I. Naumov, L. Bellaiche, and Huaxiang Fu, Nature (London) 432, 737 (2004).

61) ``Ultrathin films of ferroelectric solid solutions under residual depolarizing field,'',I. Kornev, H. Fu and L. Bellaiche, Physical Review Letters 93, 196104 (2004).

60)``Atomistic simulations of the incipient ferroelectric KTaO3'',A.R. Akbarzadeh, L. Bellaiche, Kevin Leung, Jorge Íñiguez and David Vanderbilt, Physical Review B 70 , 054103 (2004).

59)``High pressure phases in highly piezoelectric PbZr0.52Ti0.48O3'',A. Sani, B. Noheda, I. A. Kornev, L. Bellaiche, P. Bouvier and J. Kreisel, Physical Review B (Rapid Communications) 69 , 020105 (2004).

58)``Ferroelectricity in barium titanate quantum dots and wires'',H. Fu and L. Bellaiche, Physical Review Letters 91, 257601 (2003).

57)``Effects of atomic short-range order on the properties of perovskite alloys in their morphotropic phase boundary'',A.M. George, J. Ìniguez and L. Bellaiche, Physical Review Letters 91, 045504 (2003).

56) "First-principles determination of electromechanical responsesof solids under finite electric fields",H. Fu and L. Bellaiche, Physical Review Letters 91, 057601 (2003).

55)``Off-center atomic displacements in BaTiO3 quantum dots,'',H. Fu and L. Bellaiche, Proceedings of the 2003 Conference on FundamentalPhysics of Ferroelectrics, D. Singh and P.K. Davies, ed. (AIP, Woodbury,New York, 2003), ed. (AIP, Woodbury, New York, 2003), p. 139

54) ``Unusual thermodynamic properties and non-ergodicity inferroelectric superlattices'', I. Kornev and L. Bellaiche, Physical Review Letters 91, 116103 (2003).

53)``Strained hexagonal ScN: A material with unusual structural and opticalproperties'',V. Ranjan, L. Bellaiche and E.J. Walter, Physical Review Letters,90 , 257602 (2003).

52)``First-principles study of (BiScO3)1-x-(PbTiO3)x piezoelectricalloys'',J. Ìniguez, D. Vanderbilt and L. Bellaiche, Physical Review B, 67 , 224107 (2003).

51)``Cationic competition induces monoclinic phase in high piezoelectric PSN-PT compounds'',R. Haumont, B. Dkhill, J.M. Kiat, A. Al-Barakaty and L. Bellaiche, Physical Review B 68, 014114 (2003).

50) ``Properties of hexagonal ScN versus wurtzite GaN and InN'', N. Farrer and L. Bellaiche,  Physical Review B (Rapid Communications) 66 , 201203 (2002).

49) ``Electronic and magnetic properties of MnN versus MnAs'', A. Janotti, S.-H. Wei and L. Bellaiche,  Applied Physics Letters 82, 766 (2002).

48) ``Global and secondary ferroelectric minima in ordered Pb(Sc0.25Nb0.25Ti0.5)O3 alloys'', A. Al-Barakaty and L. Bellaiche,  Applied Physics Letters 81, 2442 (2002).

47) ``Planar defects and incommensurate phases in highly ordered perovskite solid solutions,'' Igor A. Kornev and L. Bellaiche,  Physical Review Letters 89 , 115502 (2002).

46) ``Properties of vacancy-rich ordered (A,[ ])Nb2O6 perovskites'', H. Crogman and L. Bellaiche,  Physical Review B (Rapid Communications) 66, 220103 (2002).

45) ``Effects of antiphase boundaries on the structural properties of highly ordered perovskite solid solutions,'' Igor A. Kornev and L. Bellaiche,  Proceedings of the 2002 Conference on Fundamental Physics of Ferroelectrics, R.E. Cohen, ed. (AIP, Woodbury, New York, 2002), p. 123

44) ``Piezoelectricity of ferroelectric perovskites from first-principles,'' L. Bellaiche,   Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science 6 , 19 (2002);  Invited Review.

43) ``Pseudopotential Theory of dilute III-V Nitrides,'' P.R.C. Kent, L. Bellaiche  and Alex Zunger, Invited Review, Semiconductor Science and Technology, 17 , 851 (2002).

42) ``Piezoelectric Coefficients of Complex Semiconductor Alloysfrom First-Principles: The Case of Ga1-xInx,'' A. Al-Yacoub, L. Bellaiche and S. -H. Wei,  Physical Review Letters 89, 057601 (2002).

41) ``Successes and Predictions of A Pseudopotential Approach in Anion-Mixed Nitrides,'' L. Bellaiche, A. Al-Yacoub, N.A. Modine and E.D. Jones,  in Progress in Semiconductor Materials for Optoelectronic Applications, editors: E.D. Jones, M.O. Manasreh, K.D. Choquette, D. Friedman, and D.K. Johnstone, Mater. Res. Soc. Proc. , 692 (Materials Research Society Pittsburgh,PA, 2002) pp. 9-20.

40) ``Optical phonons associated with the low-temperature ferroelectric properties of perovskite solid solutions,'' A.M. George, J. Íñiguez and L. Bellaiche, Physical Review B (Rapid Communications) 65 , 180301 (2002).

39) ``Piezoelectricity of ordered (Ga0.5In0.5)N alloys,'' A. Al-Yacoub and L. Bellaiche, Applied Physics Letters 79, 2166 (2001).

38) ``Electric-field induced polarization paths in Pb(Zr1-xTix)O3alloys,'' L. Bellaiche, A. Garcia and D. Vanderbilt, Physical Review B (Rapid Communications) 64, 060103 (2001).

37) ``Anomalous properties in ferroelectrics induced by atomic ordering,'' A.M. George, J. Íñiguez and L. Bellaiche, Nature, 413, 54 - 57 (2001).

36) ``Ab-initio design of perovskite alloys with prefixed properties: The case of Pb(Sc0.5Nb0.5)O3,'' J. Íñiguez and L. Bellaiche,  Physical Review Letters 87, 095503 (2001).

35) ``Temperature-dependent phase behavior of PSN from first principles,'' E. Cockayne, B, Burton and L. Bellaiche, Fundamental Physics of Ferroelectrics 2001: Williamsburg Ferroelectric Workshop, H. Krakauer, ed., (AIP, Melville, New York, 2001), p 191.

34) ``Structural properties of sinusoidally modulated Pb(Sc,Nb)O3 alloys at finite temperature,'' A.M. George and L. Bellaiche, Fundamental Physics of Ferroelectrics 2001: Williamsburg Ferroelectric Workshop, H. Krakauer, ed., (AIP, Melville, New York, 2001), p 62.

33) ``Low-temperature properties of Pb(Zr1-xTix)O3 solid solutions near the morphotropic phase boundary,'' L. Bellaiche, A. Garcia and D. Vanderbilt,  Ferroelectrics 266 , 41-56 (2002).

32) ``Composition modulation away from the total polar direction in Pb(Sc,Nb)O3 alloys,'' A.M. George and L. Bellaiche, Physical Review B (Rapid Communications) 64, 060102 (2001).

31)``Unusual evolution of the lowest unoccupied state in Ga(As0.5-yP0.5-yN2y),'' L. Bellaiche, N.A. Modine and E.D. Jones, Physical Review B 62, 15311 (2000).

30) ``Finite-temperature properties of disordered and ordered Pb(Sc0.5Nb0.5)O3 alloys,'' R. Hemphill, L. Bellaiche, A. Garcia and D. Vanderbilt, Applied Physics Letters 77, 3642 (2000).

29) ``Quantum mechanical effects in (Ga,In)(As,N) alloys,'' A. Al-Yacoub and L. Bellaiche, Physical Review B 62, 10847 (2000).

28) ``Comparison of Electromechanical properties of BaTiO3 between LAPW and a model Hamiltonian,'' S. Stolbov, H. Fu, R.E. Cohen, L. Bellaiche and D. Vanderbilt, Proceedings of the 2000 Aspen Winter Conference on Fundamental Physics of Ferroelectrics, R.E. Cohen, ed. (AIP, Woodbury, New York, 2000), p 151.

27) ``Finite-temperature investigation of ferroelectric solid solutions from first-principles: Application to the structural properties of Pb(Zr1-xTix)O3 alloys,'' L. Bellaiche, A. Garcia and D. Vanderbilt, Proceedings of the 2000 Aspen Winter Conference on Fundamental Physics of Ferroelectrics, R.E. Cohen, ed. (AIP, Woodbury, New York, 2000), p. 79.

26) ``Finite-temperature properties of Pb(Zr1-xTix)O3 alloys from first-principles,'' L. Bellaiche, A. Garcia and D. Vanderbilt, Physical Review Letters 84, 5427 (2000).

25) ``A microscopic view of a two-dimensional lattice-gas ising system within the grand canonical ensemble,'' V. LaBella, D.W. Bullock, M. Anser, Z. Ding, C. Emery, L. Bellaiche andP.M. Thibado,Physical Review Letters 84, 4152 (2000).

24) ``The virtual crystal approximation revisited: Applicationto dielectric and piezoelectric properties of perovskites,'' L. Bellaiche and D. Vanderbilt, Physical Review B 61, 7877 (2000).

23) ``Band gaps of lattice-matched (Ga,In)(As,N) alloys,'' L. Bellaiche, Applied Physics Letters 75, 2578 (1999).

22) ``Intrinsic piezoelectric coefficients of perovskite alloys: PZT vs PMN-PT,'' L. Bellaiche and D. Vanderbilt, Physical Review Letters 83, 1347 (1999).

21) ``Resonant hole localization and anomalous optical bowing in InGaN alloys,'' L. Bellaiche, T. Mattila, L.W. Wang, S.-H. Wei and A. Zunger, AppliedPhysics Letters 74, 1842 (1999).

20)``Heterovalent and A-atom effects in A(B¢B¢¢)O3 perovskite alloys ,'' L. Bellaiche, J. Padilla and D. Vanderbilt, Physical Review B 59, 1834 (1999).

19) ``Electrostatic model of atomic ordering in complex perovskite alloys,'' L. Bellaiche, and D. Vanderbilt, Physical Review Letters 81, 1318 (1998).

18) ``Ferroelectric effects in PZT,'' L. Bellaiche, J. Padilla and D. Vanderbilt, First-Principles Calculations for Ferroelectrics: Fifth Williamsburg Workshop, R.E. Cohen, ed. (AIP, Woodbury, New York, 1998), p. 11.

17) ``Role of Electronic Correlation on the Equation of State of Lithium Hydrides,'' L. Bellaiche, J.M. Besson, K.Kunc and B. Levy, Physical Review Letters 80, 5576 (1998).

16) ``Majority Representation of Alloy Electronic States,'' L.W. Wang, L. Bellaiche, S.H. Wei and A. Zunger, Physical Review Letters 80, 4725 (1998).

15) ``Electronic structure induced by composition modulation in GaInAs alloys,'' T. Mattila, L. Bellaiche, L.W. Wang and A. Zunger, Applied Physics Letters 72, 2144 (1998).

14) ``Effect of atomic short range order on the electronic properties of GaAsN, GaInN and GaInAs alloys,''
L. Bellaiche and A. Zunger, Physical Review B 57, 4425 (1998).

13) ``All-electron calculations with plane waves in solid lithium hydrides,'' L. Bellaiche and K. Kunc, Internal Journal of Quantum Chemistry 61, 647 (1997).

12) ``Core effects in lithium hydride,'' L. Bellaiche and K. Kunc, Physical Review B 55, 5006 (1997).

11) ``Band gaps of GaPN and GaAsN alloys,'' L. Bellaiche, S.-H. Wei and A. Zunger, Applied Physics Letters 70,3558 (1997).

10) ``Composition-dependence of interband transition intensities in GaPN, GaAsN and GaPAs alloys,'' L. Bellaiche, S.-H. Wei and A. Zunger, Physical Review B 56, 10233 (1997).

9) ``Bond length distribution in tetrahedral vs octahedral semiconductor alloys: the case of GaInN,'' L. Bellaiche, S.-H. Wei and A. Zunger, Physical Review B 56, 13872 (1997).

8) ``Local aspects of the As-stabilized 2x3 reconstructed (001) surface of strained InxGa1-xAs alloys: a first-principles study,'' L. Bellaiche, K. Kunc, M. Sauvage-Simkin, Y. Garreau and R. Pinchaux, Physical Review B 53, 7417 (1996).

7) ``Calculations of the SCF electronic wave function of crystals using Wannier-type functions: the case of LiH,'' L. Bellaiche and B. Levy, Physical Review B 54, 1575 (1996).

6) ``Isostructural phase transition in InN wurtzite,'' L. Bellaiche, K. Kunc and J.M. Besson, Physical Review B 54, 8945 (1996).

5) ``Localization and percolation in semiconductor alloys,''L. Bellaiche, S.-H. Wei and A. Zunger, Physical Review B 54, 17568 (1996).

4) ``Second-order pretransitional effects in the high pressure phase transition of indium nitride,'' J.M. Besson, L. Bellaiche and K. Kunc, Physica Status Solidi (b) 198, 469 (1996).

3) ``Band gap variation at the isostructural phase transitionof the wurtzite InN,'' L. Bellaiche, K. Kunc and J.M. Besson, MRS Internet Journal Nitride Semiconductor Research 1, 114 (1996).

2) ``Experimental investigation of X-ray resonant Compton profile in beryllium single-crystal,'' L Bellaiche, Y. Garreau, and G. Lopias, Solid State Communications 94, 623 (1995).

1) ``Investigation of electronic distribution in hexagonal BN by Compton scattering,'' G. Lopias, R. Wentzcovitch, L. Bellaiche, J. Moscovici and S, Rabii, Physical Review B 49, 13342 (1994).