Thermal conductivity of geometrically frustrated, ferroelectric YMnO 3: Extraordinary spin-phonon interactions

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 17, 2004, Pages

  Sharma, P A ^a   Ahn, J S ^a,b,d   Hur, N ^a   Park, S ^a   Kim, Sung Baek ^a   Lee, Seongsu ^b   Park, J G ^b,c   Guha, S ^a   Cheong, S W ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^d Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETIZATION; PARAMAGNETISM; PERMITTIVITY; PHONONS; POLYCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

FERROELECTRIC (FE) TRANSITIONS; INTERACTION STRENGTH; MULTIFERROICS; SOLID-STATE REACTIONS;

FERROELECTRICITY;

EID: 19744381709     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.177202     Document Type: Article

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