Low temperature route to the multiferroic FeAlO3: XRD and Mössbauer characterizations

Hyperfine Interactions

Volumn 187, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 101-107

  Bhushan, B ^a   Mukherjee, S ^a   Basumallick, A ^b   Bandopadhyay, S K ^c   Das, D ^a  

^a UGC DAE CONSORTIUM FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c VARIABLE ENERGY CYCLOTRON CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

M ssbauer spectroscopy; Multiferroic; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350065911     PISSN: 03043843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10751-008-9889-0     Document Type: Article

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