Atomic level observation of octahedral distortions at the perovskite oxide heterointerface

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Aso, Ryotaro ^a   Kan, Daisuke ^a   Shimakawa, Yuichi ^a,b   Kurata, Hiroki ^a,b  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

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EID: 84880523468     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02214     Document Type: Article

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