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The theoretical description of the anomalous ferroelectric, ferromagnetic and magnetoelectric properties of Pb(Fe1/2Ta1/2)x(Zr0.53Ti0.47)1-xO3 and Pb(Fe1/2Nb1/2)x(Zr0.53Ti0.47)1-xO3 micro-ceramics is given. We performed calculations of…
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