Lattice dynamical probe of charge order and antipolar bilayer stacking in LuFe2 O4

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Xu, X S ^a,c   De Groot, J ^b   Sun, Q C ^a   Sales, B C ^c   Mandrus, D ^c,d   Angst, M ^b   Litvinchuk, A P ^e   Musfeldt, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d University of Tennessee   (United States)

^e University of Houston   (United States)

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EID: 77956546416     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.014304     Document Type: Article

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