Effect of strain on voltage-controlled magnetism in BiFeO 3-based heterostructures

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Wang, J J ^a   Hu, J M ^a,b   Yang, T N ^b   Feng, M ^a   Zhang, J X ^c   Chen, L Q ^a,b   Nan, C W ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84897417369     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04553     Document Type: Article

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