Direct observation of multiferroic vortex domains in YMnO 3

Scientific Reports

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Zhang, Qinghua ^a   Tan, Guotai ^b   Gu, Lin ^a   Yao, Yuan ^a   Jin, Changqing ^a   Wang, Yanguo ^a   Duan, Xiaofeng ^a   Yu, Richeng ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS   (China)

^b BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84884941694     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep02741     Document Type: Article

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