Ferromagnetism induced by entangled charge and orbital orderings in ferroelectric titanate perovskites

Nature Communications

Volumn 6, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Bristowe, N C ^a,b   Varignon, J ^a   Fontaine, D ^a   Bousquet, E ^a   Ghosez, Ph ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INORGANIC COMPOUND; OXIDE; PEROVSKITE; TITANATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ELECTRON; MAGNETIC FIELD; PEROVSKITE; POLARIZATION; TITANATE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON; FERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETISM; POLARIZATION;

EID: 84925710207     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms7677     Document Type: Article

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