Chemical ordering and magnetic phase transitions in multiferroic BiFeO3–AFe1/2Sb1/2O3(A-Pb, Sr) solid solutions fabricated by a high-pressure synthesis

S. I. Raevskaya; N. M. Olekhnovich; A. V. Pushkarev; Y. V. Radyush; S. P. Kubrin; V. V. Titov; E. A. Artseva; I. P. Raevski; I. N. Zakharchenko; C-C. Chou; M. A. Malitskaya

doi:10.1142/S2010135X21600110

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