Microscopic Origin of the Giant Ferroelectric Polarization in Tetragonal-like BiFeO3

Zhang, J. X.; He, Q.; Trassin, M.; Luo, W.; Yi, D.; Rossell, M. D.; Yu, P.; You, L.; Wang, C. H.; Kuo, C. Y.; Heron, J. T.; Hu, Z.; Zeches, R. J.; Lin, H. J.; Tanaka, A.; Chen, C. T.; Tjeng, L. H.; Chu, Y.-H.; Ramesh, R.

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.147602

Title: Microscopic Origin of the Giant Ferroelectric Polarization in Tetragonal-like BiFeO₃

Authors:: Zhang, J. X.; He, Q.; Trassin, M.; Luo, W.; Yi, D.; Rossell, M. D.; Yu, P.; You, L.; Wang, C. H.; Kuo, C. Y.; Heron, J. T.; Hu, Z.; Zeches, R. J.; Lin, H. J.; Tanaka, A.; Chen, C. T.; Tjeng, L. H.; Chu, Y.-H.; Ramesh, R.

Publication Date:: Thu Sep 29 00:00:00 EDT 2011

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE

OSTI Identifier:: 1100856

Resource Type:: Publisher's Accepted Manuscript

Journal Name:: Physical Review Letters

Additional Journal Information:: Journal Name: Physical Review Letters Journal Volume: 107 Journal Issue: 14; Journal ID: ISSN 0031-9007

Publisher:: American Physical Society

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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                    Zhang, J. X., He, Q., Trassin, M., Luo, W., Yi, D., Rossell, M. D., Yu, P., You, L., Wang, C. H., Kuo, C. Y., Heron, J. T., Hu, Z., Zeches, R. J., Lin, H. J., Tanaka, A., Chen, C. T., Tjeng, L. H., Chu, Y.-H., and Ramesh, R. Microscopic Origin of the Giant Ferroelectric Polarization in Tetragonal-like BiFeO3.  United States: N. p., 2011. 
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                    Zhang, J. X., He, Q., Trassin, M., Luo, W., Yi, D., Rossell, M. D., Yu, P., You, L., Wang, C. H., Kuo, C. Y., Heron, J. T., Hu, Z., Zeches, R. J., Lin, H. J., Tanaka, A., Chen, C. T., Tjeng, L. H., Chu, Y.-H., & Ramesh, R. Microscopic Origin of the Giant Ferroelectric Polarization in Tetragonal-like BiFeO3.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.107.147602

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                    Zhang, J. X., He, Q., Trassin, M., Luo, W., Yi, D., Rossell, M. D., Yu, P., You, L., Wang, C. H., Kuo, C. Y., Heron, J. T., Hu, Z., Zeches, R. J., Lin, H. J., Tanaka, A., Chen, C. T., Tjeng, L. H., Chu, Y.-H., and Ramesh, R. Thu .  
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  title        = {Microscopic Origin of the Giant Ferroelectric Polarization in Tetragonal-like BiFeO3},

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Title: Microscopic Origin of the Giant Ferroelectric Polarization in Tetragonal-like BiFeO₃

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