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We report the pulsed‐laser deposition of epitaxial double‐perovskite Bi2FeCrO6(BFCO) films on the (001)‐, (110), and (111)‐oriented single‐crystal SrTiO3substrates. All of the BFCO films with various orientations show the
- Award ID(s):
- 1708615
- PAR ID:
- 10371474
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Journal of the American Ceramic Society
- Volume:
- 102
- Issue:
- 9
- ISSN:
- 0002-7820
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- p. 5234-5242
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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