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Title: Negative Longitudinal Piezoelectricity Coexisting with both Negative and Positive Transverse Piezoelectricity in a Hybrid Formate Perovskite
Award ID(s):
2029800
PAR ID:
10420393
Author(s) / Creator(s):
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Date Published:
Journal Name:
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces
Volume:
14
Issue:
41
ISSN:
1944-8244
Page Range / eLocation ID:
46449 to 46456
Format(s):
Medium: X
Sponsoring Org:
National Science Foundation
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