Large low-field magnetoresistance in La0.7Ca0.3MnO3 induced by artificial grain boundaries

Nature

Volumn 387, Issue 6630, 1997, Pages 266-268

  Mathur, N D ^a   Burnell, G ^a   Isaac, S P ^a   Jackson, T J ^a   Teo, B S ^a   MacManus Driscoll, J L ^b   Cohen, L F ^b   Evetts, J E ^a   Blamire, M G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHY; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031005168     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/387266a0     Document Type: Article

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