Optical and magnetic properties of transition metal oxides

Current Opinion in Solid State and Materials Science

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 175-180

  Tokura, Yoshinori ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

CMR colossal magnetoresistance; FM ferromagnetic metal; I insulator; Tc ferromagnetic transition temperature; TMO transition metal oxide; TMR tunneling magnetoresistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013254101     PISSN: 13590286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1359-0286(98)80085-5     Document Type: Article

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