Ferroelectricity in ultrathin perovskite films

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2005, Pages

  Sai, Na ^a   Kolpak, Alexie M ^a   Rappe, Andrew M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

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EID: 27144458499     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.72.020101     Document Type: Article

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