A multiscale model has been implemented that provides accurate predictions of the behaviour of ferroelectric materials in electric fields, and might aid efforts to design devices such as sensors and digital memory. See Letter p.360
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Paruch, P., Ghosez, P. Predictions of pinning. Nature 534, 331–332 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/534331a
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