Fractal dimension and size scaling of domains in thin films of multiferroic BiFeO3

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Catalan, G ^a   Bea H ^b,c   Fusil, S ^b,c   Bibes, M ^b,c   Paruch, P ^d   Barthelemy A ^b,c   Scott, J F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^d Laboratory of Atomic and Solid State Physics and Sibley School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERROELECTRIC FILMS; FERROELECTRICITY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THIN FILMS;

FERROELECTRIC DOMAINS; LANDAU-LIFSHITZ-KITTEL SCALING LAW;

FRACTAL DIMENSION;

EID: 38349143107     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.100.027602     Document Type: Article

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