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Title: Defect-Domain Wall Interactions in Trigonal Ferroelectrics.

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Research Org.:
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)
OSTI Identifier:
1137253
Report Number(s):
SAND2007-2660J
523886
DOE Contract Number:
DE-AC04-94AL85000
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Resource Relation:
Journal Name: Annual Review of Materials Research; Related Information: Proposed for publication in Annual Review of Materials Research.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Scrymgeour, David, Gopalan, Venkatraman, and Dierolf, Volkmar. Defect-Domain Wall Interactions in Trigonal Ferroelectrics.. United States: N. p., 2007. Web.
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Scrymgeour, David, Gopalan, Venkatraman, & Dierolf, Volkmar. Defect-Domain Wall Interactions in Trigonal Ferroelectrics.. United States.
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title = {Defect-Domain Wall Interactions in Trigonal Ferroelectrics.},
author = {Scrymgeour, David and Gopalan, Venkatraman and Dierolf, Volkmar},
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journal = {Annual Review of Materials Research},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2007},
month = {Sun Apr 01 00:00:00 EDT 2007}
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