Large magnetoelectric coupling in magnetically short-range ordered Bi 5 Ti3 FeO15 film

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Zhao, Hongyang ^a,b   Kimura, Hideo ^b   Cheng, Zhenxiang ^c   Osada, Minoru ^b   Wang, Jianli ^c,d   Wang, Xiaolin ^c   Dou, Shixue ^c   Liu, Yan ^a   Yu, Jianding ^a   Matsumoto, Takao ^e   Tohei, Tetsuya ^e   Shibata, Naoya ^e   Ikuhara, Yuichi ^e  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS   (China)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 84902356891     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05255     Document Type: Article

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