Charge order and three-site distortions in the Verwey structure of magnetite

Nature

Volumn 481, Issue 7380, 2012, Pages 173-176

  Senn, Mark S ^a   Wright, Jon P ^b   Attfield, J Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b EUROPEAN SYNCHROTRON RADIATION FACILITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IRON; MAGNETITE; METAL OXIDE;

AMPLITUDE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LOW TEMPERATURE; MAGNETITE; MAGNETIZATION; POLARIZATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

AMPLITUDE MODULATION; ARTICLE; CHARGE ORDER; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON; POWDER DIFFRACTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THREE SITE DISTORTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84855779302     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature10704     Document Type: Article

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