Colossal dielectric and magnetodielectric effect in Er2O 3 nanoparticles embedded in a SiO2 glass matrix

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 82, Issue 10, 2010, Pages

  Mukherjee, S ^a   Chen, C H ^a   Chou, C C ^a   Tseng, K F ^a   Chaudhuri, B K ^a,b   Yang, H D ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF MATERIALS SCIENCE   (India)

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EID: 77957603472     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.104107     Document Type: Article

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