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Using conductive and piezoforce microscopy, we reveal a complex picture of electronic transport at weakly conductive 109 degrees domain walls in bismuth ferrite films. Even once initial ferroelectric stripe domains are changed/erased, persistent conductive ...
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Contemporary river engineering must guarantee effective long-term flood protection while also improving stream ecology. Nowadays, river engineering projects must aim at optimizing hydromorphological heterogeneity, as this is an acknowledged basic condition ...