Light-induced size changes in BiFeO3 crystals

Nature Materials

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 803-805

  Kundys, B ^a   Viret, M ^a   Colson, D ^a   Kundys, D O ^b  

^a CEA SACLAY   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); MAGNETISM; PHOTOVOLTAIC EFFECTS;

APPLIED MAGNETIC FIELDS; FERROELASTICITY; FUTURE GENERATIONS; MECHANICAL DEGREES; MULTIFUNCTIONAL OXIDES; OPTICAL FUNCTIONALITIES; PHOTOCONDUCTION; VISIBLE LIGHT INDUCED;

LIGHT;

EID: 77957163412     PISSN: 14761122     EISSN: 14764660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nmat2807     Document Type: Article

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