Structural instability of epitaxial (001) BiFeO3 thin films under tensile strain

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Fan, Zhen ^a   Wang, John ^a   Sullivan, Michael B ^b   Huan, Alfred ^b   Singh, David J ^c   Ong, Khuong P ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING   (Singapore)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

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EID: 84898466587     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep04631     Document Type: Article

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