Lattice distortion upon compression in orthorhombic perovskites: Review and development of a predictive tool

Abstract

Perovskites are one of the most important class of materials belonging to the category "minerals as advanced materials". In fact, thousands of works every year are devoted to establish the countless properties of these compounds which were first discovered in 1839 as minerals in the Ural mountains and whose synthetic analogs find now application in many technological fields.