Quantum switching of polarization in mesoscopic ferroelectrics

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 54, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 5829-5843

  Sa de Melo C ^a  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 2842528236     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.54.5829     Document Type: Article

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