Laser-induced ferroelectric structural order in an organic charge-transfer crystal

Science

Volumn 300, Issue 5619, 2003, Pages 612-615

  Collet, Eric ^a,b   Lemée Cailleau, Marie Hélène ^a   Cointe, Marylise Buron Le ^a   Cailleau, Hervé ^a   Wulff, Michael ^c   Luty, Tadeusz ^d   Koshihara, Shin Ya ^e,f   Meyer, Mathias ^g   Toupet, Loic ^a   Rabiller, Philippe ^a   Techert, Simone ^c,h  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

^b CEA SACLAY   (France)

^c EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

^d WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^e TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^f KANAGAWA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^g Oxford Diffraction   (Poland)

^h MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR BIOPHYSICAL CHEMISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; FERROELECTRICITY; LASER APPLICATIONS; LASER BEAM EFFECTS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

SYNCHROTRON PULSES;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

TETRATHIAFULVALENE 4 CHLORANIL; TETRATHIAFULVALENE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CRYSTAL; LASER METHOD; PHASE TRANSITION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRONICS; LASER; LIGHT; MATERIALS; MOLECULE; OPTICS; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SYNCHROTRON; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0242584819     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1082001     Document Type: Article

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