In-plane conduction and c -axis polarization in the misfit-layered oxide [Bi2 Ca2 O4] q CoO2

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Maki, Makoto ^a   MacHida, Koh Ichi ^a   Mori, Tadashi ^a   Nishizaki, Terukazu ^b   Kobayashi, Norio ^b  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 49249103632     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.78.073101     Document Type: Article

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