Unit-cell scale mapping of ferroelectricity and tetragonality in epitaxial ultrathin ferroelectric films
10.1038/nmat1808
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Jia, C.-L., Nagarajan, V., He, J.-Q., Houben, L., Zhao, T., Ramesh, R., Urban, K., & Waser, R. (2006). Unit-cell scale mapping of ferroelectricity and tetragonality in epitaxial ultrathin ferroelectric films. Nature Materials, 6(1), 64–69.

Authors 8
  1. Chun-Lin Jia (first)
  2. Valanoor Nagarajan (additional)
  3. Jia-Qing He (additional)
  4. Lothar Houben (additional)
  5. Tong Zhao (additional)
  6. Ramamoorthy Ramesh (additional)
  7. Knut Urban (additional)
  8. Rainer Waser (additional)
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@article{Jia_2006, title={Unit-cell scale mapping of ferroelectricity and tetragonality in epitaxial ultrathin ferroelectric films}, volume={6}, ISSN={1476-4660}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nmat1808}, DOI={10.1038/nmat1808}, number={1}, journal={Nature Materials}, publisher={Springer Science and Business Media LLC}, author={Jia, Chun-Lin and Nagarajan, Valanoor and He, Jia-Qing and Houben, Lothar and Zhao, Tong and Ramesh, Ramamoorthy and Urban, Knut and Waser, Rainer}, year={2006}, month=dec, pages={64–69} }