DOI: 10.1038/ncomms1778. Atomic-scale evolution of modulated phases at the ferroelectric–antiferroelectric morphotropic phase boundary controlled by flexoelectric interaction

Atomic-scale evolution of modulated phases at the ferroelectric–antiferroelectric morphotropic phase boundary controlled by flexoelectric interaction

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Borisevich, A. Y., Eliseev, E. A., Morozovska, A. N., Cheng, C.-J., Lin, J.-Y., Chu, Y. H., Kan, D., Takeuchi, I., Nagarajan, V., & Kalinin, S. V. (2012). Atomic-scale evolution of modulated phases at the ferroelectricâantiferroelectric morphotropic phase boundary controlled by flexoelectric interaction. Nature Communications, 3(1).

Authors 10

A.Y. Borisevich (first)
E.A. Eliseev (additional)
A.N. Morozovska (additional)
C.-J. Cheng (additional)
J.-Y. Lin (additional)
Y.H. Chu (additional)
D. Kan (additional)
I. Takeuchi (additional)
V. Nagarajan (additional)
S.V. Kalinin (additional)

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