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Dielectric evidence for possible type-II multiferroicity in α-RuCl3

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    JiaCheng Zheng

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    JiaCheng Zheng, Yi Cui, TianRun Li & WeiQiang Yu

  3. National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures and Department of Physics, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China

    KeJing Ran & JinSheng Wen

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Zheng, J., Cui, Y., Li, T. et al. Dielectric evidence for possible type-II multiferroicity in α-RuCl3. Sci. China Phys. Mech. Astron. 61, 057021 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11433-017-9166-1

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