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CentraleSupélec: Gif-sur-Yvette, FR

1999-12-01 to present (Physics)
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brahim dkhil

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University of Paris-Sud: Orsay, FR

1995 to 1998 | PhD (Materials Science and Physics)
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brahim dkhil

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Structural, Vibrational, and Dielectric Properties of BiFeO<sub>3</sub>/LaFeO<sub>3</sub> Superlattices Grown on (001)-SrTiO<sub>3</sub>

Electronics
2025-03 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Mouna Khiari; Razvan Burcea; Oana Condurache; Maxime Vallet; Anna CANTALUPPI; Amani Melhem; brahim dkhil; houssny bouyanfif
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Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

A General Synthetic Route to High-Quality Perovskite Oxide Nanoparticles and Their Enhanced Solar Photocatalytic Activity

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
2023 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85146087598

Part of ISSN: 15213773 14337851
Contributors: Amdouni, W.; Otoničar, M.; Gemeiner, P.; Butin, V.; Guiblin, N.; Maghraoui-Meherzi, H.; Dkhil, B.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Atomic-Level Response of the Domain Walls in Bismuth Ferrite in a Subcoercive-Field Regime

Nano Letters
2023 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85143604695

Part of ISSN: 15306992 15306984
Contributors: Condurache, O.; Dražić, G.; Rojac, T.; Uršič, H.; Dkhil, B.; Bradeško, A.; Damjanovic, D.; Benčan, A.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Cooling efficiency and losses in electrocaloric materials

Applied Physics Letters
2023 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85149127855

Part of ISSN: 00036951
Contributors: Zeggai, N.; Dkhil, B.; Lobue, M.; Almanza, M.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Field-induced spin cycloidal modulation to antiferromagnetic transition and possible flexomagnetic effect in BiFeO3 nanoparticles

Journal of Alloys and Compounds
2023 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85141500963

Part of ISSN: 09258388
Contributors: Mallek-Zouari, I.; Ben Taazayet, W.; Grenèche, J.-M.; Bessais, L.; Dkhil, B.; Thabet Mliki, N.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Grain size and piezoelectric effect on magnetoelectric coupling in BFO/PZT perovskite-perovskite composites

Journal of Alloys and Compounds
2023 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85150856086

Part of ISSN: 09258388
Contributors: Yao, M.; Marzouki, A.; Hao, S.; Salmanov, S.; Otonicar, M.; Loyau, V.; Dkhil, B.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Great multiferroic properties in BiFeO<sub>3</sub>/BaTiO<sub>3</sub>system with composite-like structure

Applied Physics Letters
2023 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85152943529

Part of ISSN: 00036951
Contributors: Yao, M.; Cheng, L.; Hao, S.; Salmanov, S.; Otonicar, M.; Mazaleyrat, F.; Dkhil, B.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

A new look at the temperature-dependent properties of the antiferroelectric model PbZrO<sub>3</sub>: an effective Hamiltonian study

arXiv
2022 | Other
EID:

2-s2.0-85142796948

Part of ISSN: 23318422
Contributors: Patel, K.; Xu, B.; Prosandeev, S.; Faye, R.; Dkhil, B.; Janolin, P.-E.; Bellaiche, L.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Annealing temperature effects on BiFeO<sub>3</sub> nanoparticles towards photodegradation of Eosin B dye

Journal of Materials Science
2022 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85139747245

Part of ISSN: 15734803 00222461
Contributors: Amdouni, W.; Yedra, L.; Otoničar, M.; Gemeiner, P.; Dkhil, B.; Maghraoui-Meherzi, H.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Anti-polar state in BiFeO<sub>3</sub>/NdFeO<sub>3</sub>superlattices

arXiv
2022 | Other
EID:

2-s2.0-85129310793

Part of ISSN: 23318422
Contributors: Ali Khaled, M.; Arnold, D.C.; Dkhil, B.; Jouiad, M.; Hoummada, K.; El Marssi, M.; Bouyanfif, H.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Effect of Zn Substitution on the Structural, Optical Properties and Photocatalytic Activity of BiFeO<sub>3</sub> Nanopowders

Physica Status Solidi - Rapid Research Letters
2022 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85130222046

Part of ISSN: 18626270 18626254
Contributors: Ben Taazayet, W.; Mallek Zouari, I.; Gemeiner, P.; Dkhil, B.; Thabet Mliki, N.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Emerging spin–phonon coupling through cross-talk of two magnetic sublattices

Nature Communications
2022 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85123502281

Part of ISSN: 20411723
Contributors: Weber, M.C.; Guennou, M.; Evans, D.M.; Toulouse, C.; Simonov, A.; Kholina, Y.; Ma, X.; Ren, W.; Cao, S.; Carpenter, M.A. et al.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Facile synthesis of pure BiFeO<sub>3</sub> and Bi<sub>2</sub>Fe<sub>4</sub>O<sub>9</sub> nanostructures with enhanced photocatalytic activity

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics
2022 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85120539859

Contributors: Taazayet, W.B.; Zouari, I.M.; Hosni, N.; Dkhil, B.; Mliki, N.T.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Ferroelectric polymers for neuromorphic computing

Applied Physics Reviews
2022 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85131369435

Part of ISSN: 19319401
Contributors: Niu, X.; Tian, B.; Zhu, Q.; Dkhil, B.; Duan, C.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Field-Induced Spin Cycloidal Modulation to Antiferromagnetic Transition and Possible Flexomagnetic Effect in Bifeo3 Nanoparticles

SSRN
2022 | Other
EID:

2-s2.0-85135321686

Part of ISSN: 15565068
Contributors: Mallek-Zouari, I.; Taazayet, W.B.; Grenèche, J.-M.; Bessais, L.; Dkhil, B.; Mliki, N.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Hidden phases with neuromorphic responses and highly enhanced piezoelectricity in an antiferroelectric prototype

Physical Review B
2022 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85127859044

Part of ISSN: 24699969 24699950
Contributors: Prosandeev, S.; Prokhorenko, S.; Nahas, Y.; Yang, Y.; Xu, C.; Grollier, J.; Talbayev, D.; Dkhil, B.; Bellaiche, L.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Multiferroic Bifeo3 Nanoparticles for Efficient and Versatile Photodegradation

SSRN
2022 | Other
EID:

2-s2.0-85134822938

Part of ISSN: 15565068
Contributors: Amdouni, W.; Otoničar, M.; Gemeiner, P.; Butin, V.; Dkhil, B.; Maghraoui-Meherzi, H.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Multifunctional Properties of Polyvinylidene-Fluoride-Based Materials: From Energy Harvesting to Energy Storage

ACS Applied Electronic Materials
2022 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85142138272

Part of ISSN: 26376113
Contributors: Fricaudet, M.; Žiberna, K.; Salmanov, S.; Kreisel, J.; He, D.; Dkhil, B.; Rojac, T.; Otoničar, M.; Janolin, P.-E.; Bradeško, A.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Optical absorption by design in a ferroelectric: co-doping in BaTiO<sub>3</sub>

Journal of Materials Chemistry C
2022 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85121898416

Contributors: Hao, S.; Yao, M.; Vitali-Derrien, G.; Gemeiner, P.; Otoničar, M.; Ruello, P.; Bouyanfif, H.; Janolin, P.-E.; Dkhil, B.; Paillard, C.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Origin of the crossover from ferroelectric to relaxor in tetragonal tungsten bronzes

Journal of Alloys and Compounds
2022 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85139081070

Part of ISSN: 09258388
Contributors: Liu, H.; Dkhil, B.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Strain engineering of the magnetic anisotropy and magnetic moment in NdFeO3 epitaxial thin films

Physical Review Materials
2022 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85134041896

Part of ISSN: 24759953
Contributors: Khaled, M.A.; Ruvalcaba, J.; Cordova-Fraga, T.; Arnold, D.C.; Jaouen, N.; Ohresser, P.; Jouiad, M.; Hoummada, K.; Dkhil, B.; El Marssi, M. et al.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Strain engineering of the magnetic anisotropy and magnetic moment in NdFeO<sub>3</sub> epitaxial thin films

arXiv
2022 | Other
EID:

2-s2.0-85134376247

Part of ISSN: 23318422
Contributors: Khaled, M.A.; Ruvalcaba, J.; Cordova-Fraga, T.; Arnold, D.C.; Jaouen, N.; Ohresser, P.; Jouiad, M.; Hoummada, K.; Dkhil, B.; Marssi, M.E. et al.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Temperature-dependent properties of the antiferroelectric model PbZrO3: An effective Hamiltonian study

Physical Review B
2022 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85145260134

Part of ISSN: 24699969 24699950
Contributors: Patel, K.; Xu, B.; Prosandeev, S.; Faye, R.; Dkhil, B.; Janolin, P.-E.; Bellaiche, L.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Ultrafast Activation and Tuning of Topological Textures in Ferroelectric Nanostructures

Advanced Electronic Materials
2022 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85138725637

Part of ISSN: 2199160X
Contributors: Prosandeev, S.; Prokhorenko, S.; Nahas, Y.; Grollier, J.; Talbayev, D.; Dkhil, B.; Bellaiche, L.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Thermal and Electron Plasma Effects on Phase Separation Dynamics Induced by Ultrashort Laser Pulses

Crystals
2022-04 | Journal article | Author
Contributors: Maxime Cavillon; Jing Cao; Maxime Vallet; François Brisset; Léo Mazerolles; brahim dkhil; Matthieu Lancry; Bertrand Poumellec
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Anti-polar state in BiFeO<sub>3</sub>/NdFeO<sub>3</sub>superlattices

Journal of Applied Physics
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85122590150

Contributors: Khaled, M.A.; Arnold, D.C.; Dkhil, B.; Jouiad, M.; Hoummada, K.; El Marssi, M.; Bouyanfif, H.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Doping-induced Polar Defects Improve the Electrocaloric Performance of Ba0.9Sr0.1Hf0.1Ti0.9 O3

Physical Review Applied
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85110287487

Part of ISSN: 23317019
Contributors: Li, J.; Lv, J.; Zhang, D.; Zhang, L.; Hao, X.; Wu, M.; Xu, B.-X.; Otonicar, M.; Lookman, T.; Dkhil, B. et al.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Electronic interactions between graphene and cobaltite thin film La<sub>0.7</sub>Sr<sub>0.3</sub>CoO<sub>3</sub> and its magnetic consequences

Surfaces and Interfaces
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85099224291

Contributors: Othmen, Z.; Othmen, R.; Daoudi, K.; Boudard, M.; Cavanna, A.; Madouri, A.; Gemeiner, P.; Lupascu, D.C.; Oueslati, M.; Dkhil, B.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Enhanced electrocaloric effect in BaSn/TiO<sub>3</sub> ceramics by addition of CuO

Journal of Alloys and Compounds
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85090424038

Contributors: Wang, Y.; Li, J.; Yuan, R.; Gao, H.; Lv, J.; Xue, D.; Hao, X.; Yang, Y.; Lookman, T.; Dkhil, B. et al.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Expression of Concern: Nanocrystalline Ni<sub> x</sub>Co(0.5 − x)Zn<sub>0.5</sub>Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub> ferrites: fabrication through coprecipitation route with enhanced structural, magnetic and photocatalytic activity (Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, (2018), 29, 9, (7333-7344), 10.1007/s10854-018-8723-y)

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85084264896

Part of ISSN: 1573482X 09574522
Contributors: Lassoued, A.; Lassoued, M.S.; Dkhil, B.; Ammar, S.; Gadri, A.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Expression of Concern: Synthesis, structural, optical, morphological and magnetic characterization of copper substituted nickel ferrite (Cu<sub> x</sub>Ni<sub>1−x</sub>Fe<sub>2</sub>O<sub>4</sub>) through co-precipitation method (Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics, (2017), 28, 24, (18480-18488), 10.1007/s10854-017-7795-4)

Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85084262321

Part of ISSN: 1573482X 09574522
Contributors: Lassoued, A.; Lassoued, M.S.; Karolak, F.; García-Granda, S.; Dkhil, B.; Ammar, S.; Gadri, A.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Ferroelectric Synaptic Transistor Network for Associative Memory

Advanced Electronic Materials
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85102476152

Part of ISSN: 2199160X
Contributors: Yan, M.; Zhu, Q.; Wang, S.; Ren, Y.; Feng, G.; Liu, L.; Peng, H.; He, Y.; Wang, J.; Zhou, P. et al.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Large heat flux in electrocaloric multilayer capacitors

arXiv
2021 | Other
EID:

2-s2.0-85104060879

Part of ISSN: 23318422
Contributors: Faye, A.R.; Strozyk, H.; Dkhil, B.; Defay, E.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

New approach for designing bulk multiferroic composites made of two perovskite oxides with enhanced direct magnetoelectric coupling

Scripta Materialia
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85098455089

Part of ISSN: 13596462
Contributors: Marzouki, A.; Yao, M.; Salmanov, S.; Loyau, V.; Megriche, A.; Dkhil, B.; Otoničar, M.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Surface and bulk ferroelectric phase transition in super-tetragonal BiFeO3 thin films

Physical Review Materials
2021 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85102405954

Part of ISSN: 24759953
Contributors: Lachheb, M.; Zhu, Q.; Fusil, S.; Wu, Q.; Carretero, C.; Vecchiola, A.; Bibes, M.; Martinotti, D.; Mathieu, C.; Lubin, C. et al.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Ultrafast Neuromorphic Dynamics Using Hidden Phases in the Prototype of Relaxor Ferroelectrics

Physical Review Letters
2021 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85099956642

Part of ISSN: 10797114 00319007
Contributors: Prosandeev, S.; Grollier, J.; Talbayev, D.; Dkhil, B.; Bellaiche, L.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

A switchable two-dimensional electron gas based on ferroelectric Ca:SrTiO3

arXiv
2020 | Other
EID:

2-s2.0-85095048326

Part of ISSN: 23318422
Contributors: Bréhin, J.; Trier, F.; Vicente-Arche, L.M.; Hemme, P.; Noël, P.; Cosset-Chéneau, M.; Attané, J.-P.; Vila, L.; Sander, A.; Gallais, Y. et al.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Author Correction: Electric and antiferromagnetic chiral textures at multiferroic domain walls (Nature Materials, (2020), 19, 4, (386-390), 10.1038/s41563-019-0516-z)

Nature Materials
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85075011919

Part of ISSN: 14764660 14761122
Contributors: Chauleau, J.-Y.; Chirac, T.; Fusil, S.; Garcia, V.; Akhtar, W.; Tranchida, J.; Thibaudeau, P.; Gross, I.; Blouzon, C.; Finco, A. et al.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Domain structure and dielectric properties of metal-ferroelectric superlattices with asymmetric interfaces

Physical Review Materials
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85092704673

Part of ISSN: 24759953
Contributors: Hadjimichael, M.; Li, Y.; Yedra, L.; Dkhil, B.; Zubko, P.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Effect of Mn and Ba Codoping on a Magnetic Spin Cycloid of Multiferroic Bismuth Ferrite Nanoparticles

Journal of Physical Chemistry C
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85096119475

Part of ISSN: 19327455 19327447
Contributors: Dubey, A.; Escobar Castillo, M.; Landers, J.; Salamon, S.; Wende, H.; Hagemann, U.; Gemeiner, P.; Dkhil, B.; Shvartsman, V.V.; Lupascu, D.C.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Electric and antiferromagnetic chiral textures at multiferroic domain walls

Nature Materials
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85074788509

Part of ISSN: 14764660 14761122
Contributors: Chauleau, J.-Y.; Chirac, T.; Fusil, S.; Garcia, V.; Akhtar, W.; Tranchida, J.; Thibaudeau, P.; Gross, I.; Blouzon, C.; Finco, A. et al.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Electrocalorics hit the top

Nature Materials
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85074569594

Part of ISSN: 14764660 14761122
Contributors: Otoničar, M.; Dkhil, B.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Evidence for Goldstone-like and Higgs-like structural modes in the model PbMg1/3Nb2/3 O3 relaxor ferroelectric

Physical Review B
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85094177766

Part of ISSN: 24699969 24699950
Contributors: Prosandeev, S.; Prokhorenko, S.; Nahas, Y.; Al-Barakaty, A.; Bellaiche, L.; Gemeiner, P.; Wang, D.; Bokov, A.A.; Ye, Z.-G.; Dkhil, B.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Heat flow in electrocaloric multilayer capacitors

Journal of Alloys and Compounds
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85083695576

Part of ISSN: 09258388
Contributors: Faye, R.; Usui, T.; Torello, A.; Dkhil, B.; Moya, X.; Mathur, N.D.; Hirose, S.; Defay, E.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Increase of magnetic and magnetoelectric properties in Co/Mn co-doped BiFeO<sub>3</sub> multiferroic

Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85075519662

Contributors: Marzouki, A.; Loyau, V.; Gemeiner, P.; Bessais, L.; Dkhil, B.; Megriche, A.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Interfacial Strain Gradients Control Nanoscale Domain Morphology in Epitaxial BiFeO<sub>3</sub> Multiferroic Films

Advanced Functional Materials
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85082925639

Contributors: Sando, D.; Han, M.; Govinden, V.; Paull, O.; Appert, F.; Carrétéro, C.; Fischer, J.; Barthélémy, A.; Bibes, M.; Garcia, V. et al.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Inverse transition of labyrinthine domain patterns in ferroelectric thin films

Nature
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85077200606

Part of ISSN: 14764687 00280836
Contributors: Nahas, Y.; Prokhorenko, S.; Fischer, J.; Xu, B.; Carrétéro, C.; Prosandeev, S.; Bibes, M.; Fusil, S.; Dkhil, B.; Garcia, V. et al.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Macroscopic polarization in the nominally ergodic relaxor state of lead magnesium niobate

arXiv
2020 | Other
EID:

2-s2.0-85097835055

Part of ISSN: 23318422
Contributors: Riemer, L.M.; Chu, K.; Li, Y.; Uršič, H.; Bell, A.J.; Dkhil, B.; Damjanovic, D.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Macroscopic polarization in the nominally ergodic relaxor state of lead magnesium niobate

Applied Physics Letters
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85090933288

Part of ISSN: 00036951
Contributors: Riemer, L.M.; Chu, K.; Li, Y.; Uršič, H.; Bell, A.J.; Dkhil, B.; Damjanovic, D.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier

Optical and structural properties of In-rich In<sub>x</sub>Ga<sub>1−x</sub>As epitaxial layers on (1 0 0) InP for SWIR detectors

Materials Science and Engineering B: Solid-State Materials for Advanced Technology
2020 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85090887826

Contributors: Smiri, B.; Ben Arbia, M.; Ilkay, D.; Saidi, F.; Othmen, Z.; Dkhil, B.; Ismail, A.; Sezai, E.; Hassen, F.; Maaref, H.
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brahim dkhil via Scopus - Elsevier
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