A complete representation of structure?property relationships in crystals
Cluster expansion has been a particularly successful computational method that has allowed the identification of the relationship between lattice configurations and scalar properties in crystals. A tensorial version of the method that will enable prediction of tensor-valued properties is now introduced. It is validated by predicting anisotropic properties relevant to semiconductor optoelectronic devices.
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