Ferromagnetism and lattice distortions in the perovskite YTiO3

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2009, Pages

  Knafo, W ^a,b,c   Meingast, C ^a   Boris, A V ^d,e   Popovich, P ^d   Kovaleva, N N ^d,e   Yordanov, P ^d   Maljuk, A ^d,f   Kremer, R K ^d   Lohneysen H V ^a,b   Keimer, B ^d  

^a KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KARLSRUHE   (Germany)

^c CNRS   (France)

^d MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

^e LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f HAHN MEITNER INSTITUT   (Germany)

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EID: 62549138825     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.054431     Document Type: Article

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