Rasa Pirc

Professor of Physics
Department of Theoretical Physics

JOZEF STEFAN INSTITUTE

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Contact:
Department of Theoretical Physics (F-1)
Jozef Stefan Institute
P.O. Box 3000
SI-1001 Ljubljana/Slovenia
Phone: +386-1-4773588
FAX: +386-1-2519385
E-mail:
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Current Research Activity:

Theory of dipolar glasses and compositionally disordered ferroelectrics.
Spherical random bond-random field (SRBRF) model of relaxor ferroelectrics.
Collaboration with experimental groups: Application of the SRBRF Model to NMR and dielectric experiments.
Off-center cation model of perovskite ferroelectrics. Theory of magnetoelectric birelaxors.
Electrocaloric effect in polar solids.

Selected Recent Publications:

  1. R. Pirc, Z. Kutnjak, and N. Novak: Compressible spherical dipolar glass model of relaxor ferroelectrics, J. Appl. Phys. 112, 114122 (2012).
  2. N. Novak, R. Pirc, M. Wencka, and Z. Kutnjak: High-Resolution Calorimetric Study of Pb(Mg1/3Nb2/3)O3 Single Crystal, Phys. Rev. Lett. 109, 037601 (2012).
  3. R. Pirc, Z. Kutnjak, R. Blinc and Q.M. Zhang: Upper bounds on the electrocaloric effect in polar solids, Appl. Phys. Lett. 98, 021909 (2011).
  4. R. Pirc, R. Blinc, and J.F. Scott: Mesoscopic model of a system possessing both relaxor ferroelectric and relaxor ferromagnetic properties, Phys. Rev. B 79, 214114 (2009)
  5. R. Pirc and R. Blinc: Vogel-Fulcher freezing in relaxor ferroelectrics, Phys. Rev. B 76, 020101(R) (2007).
  6. R. Pirc, R. Blinc, and V.S. Vikhnin: Anisotropic nonlinear dielectric response of relaxor ferroelectrics, Phys. Rev. B 74, 054108 (2006).
  7. R. Pirc, R. Blinc, V. Bobnar, and A. Gregorovic: Spherical model of relaxor polymers, Phys. Rev. B 72, 014202 (2005).
  8. R. Pirc, R. Blinc, and V.S. Vikhnin: Effect of polar nanoregions on giant electrostriction and piezoelectricity in relaxor ferroelectrics, Phys. Rev. B 69, 212105 (2004).
  9. R. Pirc and R. Blinc: Off-center Ti model of barium titanate, Phys. Rev. B 70, 134107 (2004).
  10. R. Pirc, R. Blinc, and Z. Kutnjak: Nonlinear dielectric response of relaxor ferroelectrics, Phys. Rev. B 65, 214101 (2002).
  11. R. Blinc, V. Bobnar, and R. Pirc: Coupled spherical pseudospin-phonon model and the pressure-temperature phase diagram of relaxor ferroelectrics, Phys. Rev. B 64, 132103 (2001).
  12. V. Bobnar, R. Pirc, R. Blinc, A. Levstik, and Z. Kutnjak: Crossover from glassy to inhomogeneous-ferroelectric nonlinear dielectric response in relaxor ferroelectrics, Phys. Rev. Lett. 84, 5892 (2000).
  13. R. Pirc and R. Blinc: Spherical random bond-random field model of relaxor ferroelectrics, Phys. Rev. B 60, 13470 (1999).
  14. R. Blinc, J. Dolinsek, A. Gregorovic, B. Zalar, C. Filipic, Z. Kutnjak, A. Levstik, and R. Pirc: Local polarization distribution and Edwards-Anderson order parameter of relaxor ferroelectrics, Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 424 (1999).
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