Percolative transitions with first-order characteristics in the context of colossal magnetoresistance manganites

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2003, Pages

  Burgy, J ^a   Dagotto, E ^a   Mayr, M ^b  

^a Florida State University   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR FESTKÖRPERFORSCHUNG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MANGANESE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; MAGNETIC FIELD; MAGNETISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PHASE TRANSITION; PHENOMENOLOGY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSPORT KINETICS;

EID: 0037287989     PISSN: 10980121     EISSN: 1550235X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.67.014410     Document Type: Article

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