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Fabrication, structural, optical and magnetic characterizations of BiFeO3/GdFeO3 bilayer films

Hussein Baqiah, Na Zhang, Mohd Mustafa Awang Kechik, Bandar Ali Al-Asbahi, Jianlei Yang, Qiang Li, Shicai Xu

Applied Physics A· Volume 132· Issue 1
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