Giant magneto-elastic coupling in multiferroic hexagonal manganites

Nature

Volumn 451, Issue 7180, 2008, Pages 805-809

  Lee, Seongsu ^a,b   Pirogov, A ^a,b   Kang, Misun ^a   Jang, Kwang Hyun ^a   Yonemura, M ^c   Kamiyama, T ^c   Cheong, S W ^d   Gozzo, F ^e   Shin, Namsoo ^f   Kimura, H ^g   Noda, Y ^g   Park, J G ^a,b,c  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS STRUCTURE SCIENCE   (Japan)

^d RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

^f Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^g TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 67650710851     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06507     Document Type: Article

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