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Authors
- Takafumi D. Yamamoto (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7762-9670)
- Yoshitaka Matsushita (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4968-8905)
- Ya Xu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9067-5244)
- Haruka Yoshikawa
- H. Amekura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2148-8431)
- K. Oyoshi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0922-935X)
- Akiko Takahashi Saito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5920-5965)
- K. Kamiya
- Miyoko Tanaka (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2650-2845)
- Alexei A. Belik
- Yoshihiko Takeda
- Hiroyuki Takeya
Institutions
- Mitsubishi Group (Japan) (JP)
- Tokyo University of Science (JP)
- National Institute for Materials Science (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Nature Communications
- Published
- 2026-04-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-026-71547-0
- Primary Topic
- Magnetic and transport properties of perovskites and related materials
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
- Japan Science and Technology Agency
- National Institute for Materials Science
- Division of Human Resource Development
- Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology
- JST-Mirai Program