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This research was conducted at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences, which is a DOE Office of Science User Facility.
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Y.L. prepared the samples. Y.L. and R.P. performed experiments. Y.L., A.V.I., R.P., L.C., S.J., S.V.K. and O.S.O. wrote the manuscript. All authors contributed to discussions.
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Liu, Y., Collins, L., Proksch, R. et al. Reply to: On the ferroelectricity of CH3NH3PbI3 perovskites. Nat. Mater. 18, 1051–1053 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-019-0481-6
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