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Effects of Growth Conditions on the Formation of Self-assembly Grown Topological Domain in BiFeO3 Nanoislands

Houlin ZHOU, Zhiqing SONG, Guo TIAN, Xingsen GAO

Journal of Inorganic Materials· Volume 40· Issue 6

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