Origin of polar distortion in LiNbO3 -type "ferroelectric" metals: Role of A -site instability and short-range interactions

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 90, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Xiang, H J ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

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EID: 84985032229     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.90.094108     Document Type: Article

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