Structural domain walls in polar hexagonal manganites

Nature Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Kumagai, Yu ^a   Spaldin, Nicola A ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE DERIVATIVE; MANGANITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRICAL PROPERTY; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MANGANESE; MINERAL; SHAPE;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRONICS; FERROELECTRICITY; MOTION ANALYSIS SYSTEM; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84874626758     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2545     Document Type: Article

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