Landau model for the phase diagrams of the orthorhombic rare-earth manganites RMnO3 ( R=Eu, Gd, Tb, Dy, Ho)

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 6, 2010, Pages

  Ribeiro, J L ^a   Vieira, L G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

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EID: 77957573826     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.064410     Document Type: Article

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